Polarization microwave-induced thermoacoustic imaging for quantitative characterization of deep biological tissue microstructures

Yujing Li; Shanxiang Zhang; Linghua Wu; Zhongwen Cheng; Zhenhui Zhang; Haohao Wang; Shuxiang Zhao; Mingyang Ren; Sihua Yang; Da Xing; Huan Qin

doi:10.1364/PRJ.452968

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