Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 495-509 , June 2009

Hand-held based near-infrared optical imaging devices: A review

Received 9 April 2008 ,Revised 12 July 2008 ,Accepted 15 October 2008.

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