Selective detection of fluorophore layers in turbid media: The role of fiber-optic probe design

Optics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-122

  Pfefer, T Joshua ^a   Matchette, L Stephanie ^a   Ross, Amanda M ^a   Ediger, Marwood N ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL DESIGN; PROBES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TISSUE;

FIBER OPTIC PROBE DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUOROPHORE LAYERS; LIGHT TISSUE INTERACTION; TURBID MEDIA;

FIBER OPTICS;

FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; RHODAMINE;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RHODAMINES;

EID: 0037437365     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.28.000120     Document Type: Article

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