Determining the optical properties of a gelatin-TiO2 phantom at 780 nm

Biomedical Optics Express

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 418-434

  Gunhan Akarcay H ^a   Preisser, Stefan ^a   Frenz, Martin ^a   Rička, Jaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; ASYMMETRY PARAMETER; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; OPTOACOUSTIC IMAGING; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SCATTERING PARTICLES; TIME OF FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS; TRANSPORT MEAN FREE PATH;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84863932428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21567085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.3.000418     Document Type: Article

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