Measurement of the optical properties of a two-layer model of the human head using broadband near-infrared spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 6324-6332

  Pucci, Olivia ^a   Toronov, Vladislav ^a   St Lawrence, Keith ^b,c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHROMOPHORES; INFRARED DEVICES; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION AND SCATTERINGS; BOTTOM LAYERS; CONTINUOUS WAVE; LAYERED MODEL; NEAR INFRA-RED REFLECTANCES; SOURCE-DETECTOR DISTANCE; STEADY STATE; TWO LAYER MODEL;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 78149459384     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.006324     Document Type: Article

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