Expression of target optical properties in subsurface polarization-gated imaging

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4185-4195

  Nothdurft, Ralph ^a   Yao, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION; REFLECTION; SCATTERING;

MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; TURBID MEDIA; UNPOLARIZED LIGHT;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 21244483114     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.004185     Document Type: Article

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