Statistical analysis of the spontaneously emitted photon signals from palm and dorsal sides of both hands in human subjects

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 133-143

  Van Wijk, Eduard P A ^a,b,e   Wijk, Roeland Van ^b,e   Bajpai, Rajendra P ^c,e   van der Greef, Jan ^a,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Meluna Research   (Netherlands)

^c NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e International Institute of Biophysics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biophoton; Fano factor; Human skin; Photo count distribution; Ultra weak photon emission

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AVERAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FANO FACTOR; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTON; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952548412     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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