EFFECTS OF SPECTRAL DEPENDENCE IN PASS-THROUGH PHOTON-BASED BIOMEDICAL TRANSILLUMINATION

PAULINO VACAS-JACQUES; MARIJA STROJNIK; GONZALO PAEZ

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