Improved accuracy in time-resolved diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10434-10448

  Alerstam, Erik ^a   Andersson Engels, Stefan ^a   Svensson, Tomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS; REFLECTION; SPECTROSCOPY; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

'CURRENT; DATA EVALUATION; DIFFUSION APPROXIMATIONS; DIFFUSION THEORY; MONTE CARLO SCHEMES; PHANTOMS; PHOTON MIGRATION; TIME-OF-FLIGHT DISTRIBUTION; TIME-RESOLVED; TIME-RESOLVED DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

PHANTOMS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICS; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; OPTICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL;

EID: 85010110632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010440     Document Type: Article

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