Tissue clearing as a tool to enhance imaging capability for optical coherence tomography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4619, Issue , 2002, Pages 22-25

  Wang, Ruikang K ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BACKSCATTERING; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT SOURCES; MEDICAL IMAGING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TISSUE;

OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT);

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036400010     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.470494     Document Type: Conference Paper

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