Time-resolved optical mammograph for clinical studies beyond 900 nm

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 674-676

  Cubeddu, Rinaldo ^a   Danesini, Gian Maria ^b   Giambattistelli, Eleonora ^a   Messina, Fabrizio ^a   Pallaro, Luciano ^a   Pifferi, Antonio ^a   Taroni, Paola ^a   Torricelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Casa di Cura S Pio X   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMOGRAPHY; PULSED LASERS;

CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT CONTROL; OPTICAL-; OPTIMAL MEASUREMENTS; PROCESSED IMAGES; PULSED LASER SOURCES; TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING; TIME-RESOLVED; TIME-RESOLVED OPTICAL MAMMOGRAPHY; TWO PLATES;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 85010174964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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