Dispersion effects in partial coherence interferometry: Implications for intraocular ranging

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 144-151

  Hitzenberger, Christoph K ^a   Baumgartner, Angela ^a   Drexler, Wolfgang ^a   Fereher, Adolf F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Dispersion compensation; Eye; Ocular media; Optical coherence tomography; Partial coherence interferometry

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; INTERFEROMETRY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

DISPERSION COMPENSATION; EYE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PARTIAL COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032740677     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429900     Document Type: Article

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