Effect of target biological tissue and choice of light source on penetration depth and resolution in optical coherence tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 193-199

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

GALLBLADDER; LIVER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DERMIS; EVALUATION; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; LIGHT; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DERMIS; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 1642633824     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1628243     Document Type: Article

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