QUANTITATIVE MUELLER MATRIX POLARIMETRY TECHNIQUES FOR BIOLOGICAL TISSUES

HONGHUI HE; NAN ZENG; DONGZHI LI; RAN LIAO; HUI MA

doi:10.1142/s1793545812500174

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