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A Coherent Optical Technique Useful in Biomechanics: Holographic Interferometry

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Optics and Lasers in Biomedicine and Culture

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The use of pulsed ruby lasers in recording holographic interferograms of specific surface displacements of the human body in vivo is demonstrated. Technical peculiarities of the technique are discussed and some practical examples shown.

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Boone, P.M. (2000). A Coherent Optical Technique Useful in Biomechanics: Holographic Interferometry. In: Fotakis, C., Papazoglou, T.G., Kalpouzos, C. (eds) Optics and Lasers in Biomedicine and Culture. Series of the International Society on Optics Within Life Sciences, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56965-4_6

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