Dual beam optical coherence tomography: signal identification for ophthalmologic diagnosis

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-65

  Drexler, Wolfgang ^a   Findl, Oliver ^b   Menapace, Rupert ^b   Kruger, Andreas ^b   Wedrich, Andreas ^b   Rainer, Georg ^b   Baumgartner, Angela ^a   Hitzenberger, Christoph K ^a   Fercher, Adolf F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Diabetic retinopathy; Glaucoma; Optical coherence tomography; Partial coherence interferometry

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GLAUCOMA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PARTIAL COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031673184     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429862     Document Type: Article

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