Model of optical coherence tomography of heterogeneous tissue

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1231-1242

  Schmitt, Joseph M ^a   Knuttel A ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HETERODYNING; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPECKLE; TISSUE;

HUYGENS-FRESNEL METHOD; MUTUAL COHERENCE FUNCTIONS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031161838     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001231     Document Type: Article

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