In vivo scattering measurement of biological tissue by the use of a pyroelectric polymer transducer

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1591-1594

  Yamazaki, Mutsuo ^a   Sato, Shunichi ^b   Saitoh, Daizoh ^b   Obara, Minoru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTONS; PYROELECTRICITY; THIN FILMS; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS;

LOW-ENERGY LIGHT PULSES; PULSE ENERGY; PYROELECTRIC POLYMER TRANSDUCERS; SCATTERING COEFFICIENTS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BURN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAT; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BURNS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT; RATS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 15944376217     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.001591     Document Type: Article

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