Skin and cutaneous melanocytic lesion simulation in biomedical optics with multilayered phantoms

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Urso, P ^a   Lualdi, M ^b   Colombo, A ^b   Carrara, M ^b   Tomatis, S ^b   Marchesini, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REFLECTOMETERS; SKIN; TISSUE;

CUTANEOUS MELANOCYTIC LESION; MULTILAYERED PHANTOMS; OPTICAL BEHAVIOUR; PHANTOM SPECTRA; TRANSPARENT SILICON;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; MELANIN; BLOOD SUBSTITUTE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MELANOCYTOSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CUTTLEFISH; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANIMALS; BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; HUMANS; LIGHT; MELANINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SEPIA; SILICON; SKIN;

EID: 34248209771     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/10/N02     Document Type: Article

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