Image contrast enhancement for two-photon fluorescence microscopy in a turbid medium

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 34, 1998, Pages 7960-7967

  Daria, Vincent ^a   Blanca, Carlo Mar ^a   Nakamura, Osamu ^b   Kawata, Satoshi ^b   Saloma, Caesar ^a  

^a Diliman ^*  (Philippines)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0037567424     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.007960     Document Type: Article

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