Melanoma thickness measurement in two-layer tissue phantoms using pulsed photothermal radiometry (PPTR)

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7175, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wang, Tianyi ^a   Qiu, Jinze ^a   Paranjape, Amit ^a   Milner, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Monte Carlo simulation; Pulsed photothermal radiometry (PPTR); Three dimensional heat transfer model; Tissue phantom

Indexed keywords

MELANOMA; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PULSED PHOTOTHERMAL RADIOMETRY (PPTR); THREE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; TISSUE PHANTOM;

CELL MEMBRANES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RADIOMETERS; SKIN; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

RADIOMETRY;

EID: 65349165827     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.807931     Document Type: Conference Paper

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