Time-gated transillumination and reflection by biological tissues and tissuelike phantoms: Simulation versus experiment

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1867-1871

  Michielsen, K ^a   De Raedt, H ^a   Garcia N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

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EID: 0040737978     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001867     Document Type: Article

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