Advances in Optical Mammography

Advances in Optical Imaging for Clinical Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 307-336

  Intes, Xavier ^a   Azar, Fred S ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical imaging breast technology field of near infrared spectroscopy, as robust functional monitoring tool; Optical mammography advances; Optical mammography success specific functional, molecular and structural signatures associated with diseased cell alterations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886147613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470767061.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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