Polarized Laser Beam Scattering through Turbid Medium for Application in Tissue Imaging

ScienceAsia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-172

  Firdous, Shamaraz ^a   Ikram, Masroor ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Mueller matrix; optical imaging; polarization; soybean oil; turbid medium

Indexed keywords

EID: 32544447217     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2005.31.167     Document Type: Article

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