Effect of a clear layer at the surface of a diffusive medium on measurements of transmittance and reflectance

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 5510-5517

  Del Bianco, Samuele ^a   Martelli, Fabrizio ^a   Zaccanti, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; TISSUE;

LIGHT PROPAGATION IN TISSUES; PHOTON MIGRATION; TURBID MEDIA;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 10444255505     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005510     Document Type: Article

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