Simple algorithm for the measurement of absorption coefficients of a two-layered medium by spatially resolved and time-resolved reflectance

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 35, 2005, Pages 7554-7563

  Shimada, Miho ^a   Hoshi, Yoko ^b   Yamada, Yukio ^c,d  

^a HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; REFLECTION;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; INTENSITY TRANSFORMATIONS; SCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; TISSUE OPTICS;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; OXIMETRY; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMOGLOBINS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; OXIMETRY; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 30844455144     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.007554     Document Type: Article

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