Time resolved imaging for the detection of breast disease

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 10311, Issue , 1993, Pages 473-480

  Hebden, Jeremy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTONS;

BREAST DISEASE; FLIGHT TIME; NEAR-INFRARED RADIATIONS; SCATTERING MEDIA; TIME RESOLVED IMAGING; TIME-RESOLVED METHODS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84942362443     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2283772     Document Type: Conference Paper

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