Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-74

  Drexler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Medical diagnosis; Optical coherence tomography; Optical iopsy; Ultrahigh resolution; Ultrfast lasers

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COHERENT LIGHT; DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY;

OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT);

TOMOGRAPHY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; OPHTHALMOSCOPES; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 1642602745     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1629679     Document Type: Article

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