MULTISPECTRAL UNMIXING OF FLUORESCENCE MOLECULAR TOMOGRAPHY DATA

MARIA SIMANTIRAKI; ROSY FAVICCHIO; STELIOS PSYCHARAKIS; GIANNIS ZACHARAKIS; JORGE RIPOLL

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