In vitro simultaneous measurement of refractive index and thickness of biological tissue by the low coherence interferometry

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1266-1270

  Ohmi, M ^a   Ohnishi, Y ^a   Yoden, K ^a   Haruna, M ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

In vitro measurement; Low coherence interferometry; Opto mechatronics; Simultaneous measurement of refractive index and thickness

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; MECHATRONICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TOOTH ENAMEL;

OPTOMECHATRONICS;

TISSUE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; REFRACTION INDEX; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHICKENS; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; NAILS; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOOTH;

EID: 0034283507     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.867961     Document Type: Article

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