Measurements of the optical properties of breast tissue using time-resolved transillumination

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2326, Issue , 1995, Pages 143-152

  Kolzer J ^a   Mitic, G ^a,b   Otto, J ^a   Zinth, W ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS; SAPPHIRE; TISSUE;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; ISOSBESTIC POINT; OPTICAL PARAMETER; REDUCED SCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER; TIME RESOLVED EXPERIMENTS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 85076929706     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.200815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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