Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): a review

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1205-1215

  Schmitt, Joseph M ^a,b,c,d,e  

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

^b MALLINCKRODT PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Electrical Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SPECKLE; TISSUE;

OPTICAL COHERENCE DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033327503     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.796348     Document Type: Article

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