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Differential optical spectroscopy for absorption characterization of mono & two-layered scattering media

Cyril Billet1, Raphael Sablong

  • 1CREATIS-LRMN, CNRS UMR 5220, Université de Lyon, France. Cyril.Billet@univ-lyon1.fr

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
|November 16, 2007
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