Rigorous characterization of time-resolved diffuse spectroscopy systems for measurements of absorption and scattering properties using solid phantoms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5138, Issue , 2003, Pages 80-87

  Swartling, Johannes ^a   Pifferi, Antonio ^b   Giambattistelli, Eleonora ^b   Chikoidze, Ekaterine ^b   Torricelli, Alessandro ^b   Taroni, Paola ^b   Andersson, Magnus ^a   Nilsson, Anders ^a   Andersson Engels, Stefan ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion equation; Phantoms; Photon migration; Time resolved

Indexed keywords

DYE LASERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TISSUE;

MODE-LOCKED DYE LASER; PHOTON MIGRATION; PICOSECOND-PULSE LASERS; TIME-RESOLVED DIFFUSE SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEMS;

SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 1342289298     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.500580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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