OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS, AND MUSCLE TISSUES: A REVIEW

ALEXEY N. BASHKATOV; ELINA A. GENINA; VALERY V. TUCHIN

doi:10.1142/s1793545811001319

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