Theoretical comparison of light sources for use in optical coherence tomography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4619, Issue , 2002, Pages 289-299

  Sainter, Ann W ^a   King, Terry A ^a   Dickinson, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Liver; Optical coherence tomography; Optical properties; Skin dermis; Tissue

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SKIN; SOLID STATE LASERS; TISSUE;

OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036403464     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.491307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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