Optical properties of tissue

Biomedical Photonics Handbook, Second Edition: Fundamentals, Devices, and Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 23-121

  Mobley, Joel ^a   Vo Dinh, Tuan ^b,c   Tuchin, Valery V ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUTE OF PRECISION MECHANICS AND CONTROL   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

LIFE-SCIENCES; LIGHT TRANSPORT; PROPAGATION OF LIGHTS;

TISSUE;

EID: 84991102283     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b17290     Document Type: Chapter

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