Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 56-65 , March 2009

Observation of Coiled Blood Plexus in Rat Skin with Diffusive Light Illumination

  • Vyacheslav Ogay

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Frontier Physics Research Division, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Flora Min

      Affiliations

    • College of Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
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  • KwanHyung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Frontier Physics Research Division, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • JaiSoon Kim

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Frontier Physics Research Division, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Kyung Hee Bae

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education, University of Incheon, Incheon, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. KH Bae, Department of Physical Education, University of Incheon, Incheon, Korea. KS Soh, Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Frontier Physics Research Division, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151–747, Korea
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  • Sang Chul Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education, University of Incheon, Incheon, Korea
    • ,
  • Kwang-Sup Soh

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Frontier Physics Research Division, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. KH Bae, Department of Physical Education, University of Incheon, Incheon, Korea. KS Soh, Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Frontier Physics Research Division, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151–747, Korea

Received 30 September 2008 ,Accepted 12 January 2009.

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PII: S2005-2901(09)60016-9

doi: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60016-9

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 56-65 , March 2009

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