Near Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging: Translation to Clinic

  • Brian Pogue
  • Shudong Jiang
  • Hamid Dehghani
  • Keith D. Paulsen
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Part of the The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science book series (SECS, volume 778)

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Turbid Medium Diffuse Optical Tomography Scattering Power Tissue Phantom Chromophore Concentration 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Brian Pogue
    • 1
  • Shudong Jiang
    • 2
  • Hamid Dehghani
    • 1
  • Keith D. Paulsen
    • 1
  1. 1.Thayer School of EngineeringDartmouth CollegeUSA
  2. 2.Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyoJapan

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