Simultaneous refractive index and thickness measurements of bio tissue by optical coherence tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 628-632

  Wang, Xinyu ^a   Zhang, Chunping ^a   Zhang, Lianshun ^a   Xue, Lingling ^a   Tian, Jianguo ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bio tissue; Optical coherence tomography; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURGERY; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY;

FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036816720     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1501887     Document Type: Article

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