Liquid light guides versus fiber light guides in clinical near-infrared spectroscopy

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 148-151

  Gagnon, Roy E ^a   Jue, Michael ^a   Macnab, Andrew J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber optic sensors; Phantom; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; OPTICS; OXYGEN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MULTI TERMINAL FIBER BUNDLES; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOMS; SINGLE TERMINAL FIBER BUNDLES; SINGLE TERMINAL LIQUID LIGHT GUIDE;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037208329     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1527933     Document Type: Article

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