Noninvasive detection of inhomogeneities in turbid media with time-resolved log-slope analysis

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 493-500

  Wan, Siew Kan ^a   Guo, Zhixiong ^a   Kumar, Sunil ^b   Aber, Janice ^b   Garetz, Bruce A ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Log slope; Noninvasive detection; Optical tomography; Transient radiation transfer; Turbid medium; Ultrafast laser

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; LASER PULSES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RADAR;

NONINVASIVE DETECTIONS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 0842326798     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(03)00266-8     Document Type: Article

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