Calibration of scattering and absorption properties of a liquid diffusive medium at NIR wavelengths. Time-resolved method

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 6589-6604

  Spinelli, Lorenzo ^a   Martelli, Fabrizio ^b   Farina, Andrea ^a   Pifferi, Antonio ^a   Torricelli, Alessandro ^a   Cubeddu, Rinaldo ^a   Zaccanti, Giovanni ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; WAVELENGTH;

EXHAUSTIVE ANALYSIS; LIQUID DIFFUSIVE MEDIUM; SCATTERING COEFFICIENT; STANDARD ERRORS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 34249748926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.006589     Document Type: Article

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