To what extent is coherence lost in tissue?

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7887, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hode, Tomas ^a   Jenkins, Peter ^b   Jordison, Stefan ^c   Hode, Lars ^d  

^a ImmunoPhotonics Inc   (United States)

^b Irradia USA   (United States)

^c Irradia AB   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Laser Medical Society   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE LENGTHS; GROUND BEEF; HE-NE LASERS; LASER LIGHTS; LASER SPECKLE; LASER SPECKLE CONTRAST; SCATTERING MEDIA;

COHERENT LIGHT; LASERS; MEATS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECKLE; TISSUE;

COHERENT SCATTERING;

EID: 79955500202     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.878827     Document Type: Conference Paper

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