Optical coherence tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-173

  Fercher, Adolf F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Low coherence interferometry (LCI); Noise; Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Tissues; Waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000832793     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.231361     Document Type: Article

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