Optical design for biomedical imaging

Optical Design for Biomedical Imaging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-492

  Liang, Rongguang ^a  

^a CARESTREAM HEALTH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; BIOMEDICAL OPTICS; ILLUMINATION SYSTEM DESIGN; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84956524037     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1117/3.871548     Document Type: Book

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