Penetration depth of single-, two-, and three-photon fluorescence microscopic imaging through human cortex structures: Monte carlo simulation

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3321-3329

  Deng, Xiaoyuan ^a   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTONS;

PENETRATION DEPTH;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0038209511     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.003321     Document Type: Article

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