Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 1142-1148 , December 2007

Simulated parametric studies in optical imaging of tumors through temporal log-slope difference mapping

Received 30 March 2006 ,Revised 7 December 2006 ,Accepted 9 December 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00261-X

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.12.002

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 1142-1148 , December 2007

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