Non-contact time-resolved diffuse reflectance imaging at null source-detector separation

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 283-290

  Mazurenka, M ^a   Jelzow, A ^a   Wabnitz, H ^a   Contini, D ^b   Spinelli, L ^c   Pifferi, A ^b,c   Cubeddu, R ^b,c   Dalla Mora, A ^b   Tosi, A ^b   Zappa, F ^b,d   MacDonald, R ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c IFN CNR   (Italy)

^d Micro Photon Devices Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REFLECTION; SEPARATION; TISSUE;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS; HIGH DENSITY; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; MEASURED DEPTHS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NON-CONTACT; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING DETECTORS; SOURCE-DETECTOR SEPARATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME DOMAIN; TIME-RESOLVED; TISSUE IMAGING; TURBID MEDIUM;

DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855438023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.000283     Document Type: Article

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