Optical skin-fat thickness measurement using miniaturized chip LEDs: A preliminary human study

Journal of the Optical Society of Korea

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-309

  Ho, Dong Su ^a,b   Kim, Ee Hwa ^b   Hwang, In Duk ^c   Shin, Kunsoo ^c   Oh, Jung Taek ^d   Kim, Beop Min ^e  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^b Semyung University   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^d SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^e Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Fat thickness; LED senor; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849092116     PISSN: 12264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3807/JOSK.2009.13.3.304     Document Type: Article

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