Transversal and longitudinal images from the retina of the living eye using low coherence reflectometry

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-20

  Podoleanu, Adrian Gh ^a   Seeger, Mauritius ^a   Dobre, George M ^a   Webb, David J ^a   Jackson, David A ^a   Fitzke, Fred W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imaging; Ophthalmology; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHASE MODULATION;

LOW COHERENCE REFLECTOMETRY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031647337     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429859     Document Type: Article

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