PARAMETRIC STUDY OF TISSUE OPTICAL CLEARING BY LOCALIZED MECHANICAL COMPRESSION USING COMBINED FINITE ELEMENT AND MONTE CARLO SIMULATION

WILLIAM C. VOGT; HAIOU SHEN; GE WANG; CHRISTOPHER G. RYLANDER

doi:10.1142/s179354581000099x

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