Stokes shift emission spectroscopy of human tissue and key biomolecules

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-153

  Alfano, R R ^a,b   Yang, Yuanlong ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Fluorescence; Optical biopsy; Spectroscopy; Stokes shift (SS); Tissues

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOPSY; COLLAGEN; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; SOLUTIONS; TISSUE;

BIOMOLECULES; FLAVIN; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; STOKES SHIFT EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; TRYPTOPHAN;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0242493257     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.811285     Document Type: Article

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