Investigation on phase-coded third harmonic imaging for normal and pathological tissues in transmission mode in vitro

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1180-1184

  Ma, Qingyu ^a,b   Gong, Xiufen ^a   Zhang, Dong ^a   Ma, Yong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Imaging in transmission mode; Pathological tissues; Phase coded technique; Third order harmonic enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748921251     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-1180-7     Document Type: Article

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