Laser reflectance imaging of human forearms and their tissue-equivalent phantoms

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-32

  Anand, N S ^a   Kumar, D ^a   Srinivasan, R ^a   Singh, Megha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Human forearm; Laser reflectance; Paraffin wax; Tissue equivalent phantoms

Indexed keywords

LASER DIAGNOSTICS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PROBES; REFLECTION; TISSUE;

LASER REFLECTANCE IMAGING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

DYE; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LASER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL PROBE; OPTICS; PHANTOM; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFLECTOMETRY; REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; PARAFFIN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0037249658     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02343535     Document Type: Review

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