Saggital optical tomography for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis in finger joints

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 590-592

  Hielscher, Andreas H ^a   Klose, Alexander D ^a   Netz, Uwe ^b   Cappius, Hans Joachim ^b   Beuthan, Jürgen ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FINGER JOINTS; HUMAN SUBJECTS; IN-VIVO; INFLAMMATORY PROCESS; OPTICAL-; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOMOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; VIVO STUDIES;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042001233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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