Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy of human liver tumor specimens - towards a tissue differentiating optical biopsy

Alina Keller1, Piotr Bialecki1, Torsten Johannes Wilhelm2,3

  • 1Department of Embedded Systems and Biomedical Engineering, Hs Mannheim, University of Applied Sciences, 68163 Mannheim, Germany.

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