Laser spectroscopy and imaging of gallbladder stones, tissue and bile

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 191-197

  Marafi, M ^a   Kokaj, J ^a   Bhatia, K S ^a   Makdisi, Y ^a   Mathew, K ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Fluorescent spectroscopy; Gallbladder; Laser lithotripsy; Shadowgraphy and interferometry

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PLASMAS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FLUORESCENT SPECTROSCOPY; GALLBLADDER; HIGH-SPEED SHADOWGRAPHY; LASER LITHOTRIPSY;

TISSUE;

EID: 33748754856     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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