Diffuse Optical Characterization of the Healthy Human Thyroid Tissue and Two Pathological Case Studies

Claus Lindner; Mireia Mora; Parisa Farzam; Mattia Squarcia; Johannes Johansson; Udo M. Weigel; Irene Halperin; Felicia A. Hanzu; Turgut Durduran

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147851

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Diffuse Optical Characterization of the Healthy Human Thyroid Tissue and Two Pathological Case Studies

Claus Lindner ,

* E-mail: claus.lindner@icfo.es

Affiliation ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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Mireia Mora ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mireia Mora, Parisa Farzam, Mattia Squarcia

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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Parisa Farzam ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mireia Mora, Parisa Farzam, Mattia Squarcia

Affiliation ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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Mattia Squarcia ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mireia Mora, Parisa Farzam, Mattia Squarcia

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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Johannes Johansson,

Affiliation ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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Udo M. Weigel,

Affiliations ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain, Hemophotonics S.L., Mediterranean Technology Park, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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Irene Halperin,

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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Felicia A. Hanzu,

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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Turgut Durduran

Affiliations ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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Diffuse Optical Characterization of the Healthy Human Thyroid Tissue and Two Pathological Case Studies

Claus Lindner,
Mireia Mora,
Parisa Farzam,
Mattia Squarcia,
Johannes Johansson,
Udo M. Weigel,
Irene Halperin,
Felicia A. Hanzu,
Turgut Durduran

Published: January 27, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147851

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