Polarimetric imaging of multi-index of refraction biological phantoms utilizing efficient molecular optical imaging techniques

IST 2008 - IEEE Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 67-72

  Giakos, G C ^a   Valluru, K ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease monitoring; Early disease detection; Molecular imaging; Multifunctional biological phantoms; Novel contrast agents

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

DISEASE MONITORING; EARLY DISEASE DETECTION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MULTIFUNCTIONAL BIOLOGICAL PHANTOMS; NOVEL CONTRAST AGENTS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 57849127649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IST.2008.4659943     Document Type: Conference Paper

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