Effects of the menstrual cycle on the optical properties of the human breast

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 323-325

  Cubeddu, Rinaldo ^a   D'Andrea, Cosimo ^a   Pifferi, Antonio ^a   Taroni, Paola ^a   Torricelli, Alessandro ^a   Valentini, Gianluca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE;

FEMALE BREAST; HUMAN BREAST; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCATTERING SPECTRA; TIME-RESOLVED REFLECTANCE; TIME-RESOLVED TRANSMITTANCE; TOTAL HEMOGLOBINS; TRANSMITTANCE SPECTROSCOPIES; TRANSPORT SCATTERING;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 4243696357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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