Measurement of tissue optical properties by the use of oblique-incidence optical fiber reflectometry

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 136-143

  Lin, Shao Pow ^a,b   Wang, Lihong ^c   Jacques, Steven L ^a,b   Tittel, Frank K ^a   Tromberg, Bruce J ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical optics; Fiber optics; Oblique incidence; Optical properties; Reflectometry; Scattering media; Tissue optics; Turbid media

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037530934     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.000136     Document Type: Article

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