Non-tissue-like features in the time-of-flight distributions of plastic tissue phantoms

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2477-2485

  Nardo, Luca ^a   Brega, Adriano ^a   Bondani, Maria ^b   Andreoni, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAL RESINS; FORWARD SCATTERING; INFRARED DEVICES;

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; IMAGING METHOD; PICOSECOND LASER PULSE; SOLID PHANTOMS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT DISTRIBUTION; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

TISSUE;

PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; OPTICS; RADIATION SCATTERING;

HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLASTICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 47249116127     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.002477     Document Type: Article

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