Experimental study of NIR transmittance of the human skull

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6085, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lychagov, Vladislav V ^a   Tuchin, Valery V ^a   Vilensky, Maxim A ^a   Reznik, Boris N ^b   Ichim, Thomas ^b   De Taboada, Luis ^c  

^a SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b BioRASI ^*  (United States)

^c PhotoThera Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone structure; Laser therapy; Monte Carlo simulation; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

BONE STRUCTURE; LASER THERAPY; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION; TRANSMITTANCE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33646174040     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.650116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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