Elastic-scattering spectroscopy and diffuse reflectance

Biomedical Photonics Handbook, Second Edition: Biomedical Diagnostics

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 543-564

  Mourant, Judith R ^a   Bigio, Irving J ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY;

ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES; ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; ELASTIC SCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT; TISSUE ARCHITECTURE;

TISSUE;

EID: 84987820261     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b17289     Document Type: Chapter

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