Analysis of optical coherence tomography systems based on the extended Huygens-Fresnel principle

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 484-490

  Thrane, Lars ^a   Yura, Harold T ^b   Andersen, Peter E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; OPTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOMOGRAPHY;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

COHERENT LIGHT; HETERODYNING; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTIMIZATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TISSUE;

OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT);

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034146815     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000484     Document Type: Article

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