Chirp optical coherence tomography of layered scattering media

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-266

  Haberland, U H P ^a   Blazek, V ^a   Schmitt, H J ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Optical coherence tomography; Scattering media; Skin imaging; Tunable laser

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032114755     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429889     Document Type: Article

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