Spatially confined and temporally resolved refractive index and scattering evaluation in human skin performed with optical coherence tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-92

  Knuttel A ^a   Boehlau Godau, M ^b  

^a ISIS Optronics GmbH   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY;

KLETT ALGORITHM; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; OPTICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033624456     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429972     Document Type: Article

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