Use of genetic algorithms to optimize fiber optic probe design for the extraction of tissue optical properties

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1533-1535

  Palmer, Gregory M ^a   Ramanujam, Nirmala ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SCATTERING COEFFICIENT;

FIBER OPTICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE;

PROBES;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; FIBER OPTICS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GEOMETRY; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR PROBE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; POLARIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT; PHOTOMETRY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34447532195     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.889779     Document Type: Article

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