Measurement of the complex refractive index of tissue-mimicking phantoms and biotissue by extended differential total reflection method

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Ye, Qing ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Deng, Zhi Chao ^a   Zhou, Wen Yuan ^a   Zhang, Chun Ping ^a   Tian, Jian Guo ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

complex refractive index; differential total reflection method; extinction coefficient; tissue mimicking phantom

Indexed keywords

BIO-TISSUE; BIOMEDICAL FIELDS; COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; IMAGINARY PARTS; NONLINEAR FITTING; OPTICAL PARAMETER; PORCINE MUSCLES; REAL PART; REFLECTANCE CURVE; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; TOTAL REFLECTION;

CURVE FITTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; REFRACTOMETERS; TISSUE;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SUS;

GELATIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOYBEAN OIL; SOYBEAN OIL, PHOSPHOLIPID EMULSION; WATER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EMULSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; REFRACTOMETRY; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; EMULSIONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GELATIN; MUSCLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REFRACTOMETRY; SOYBEAN OIL; SWINE; WATER;

EID: 80052553896     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3615657     Document Type: Article

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