NEW PARAMETER FOR DESCRIBING AND ANALYZING THE OPTICAL-ANISOTROPIC PROPERTIES OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES

Yu. A. USHENKO; O. I. TELENGA; A. P. PERESUNKO; O. K. NUMAN

doi:10.1142/s1793545811001496

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