In vivo high-resolution video-rate spectral-domain optical coherence tomography of the human retina and optic nerve

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 367-376

  Nassif, N A ^a   Cense, B ^a   Park, B H ^a   Pierce, M C ^a   Yun, S H ^a   Bouma, B E ^a   Tearney, G J ^a   Chen, T C ^b   De Boer, J F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

MEDICAL OPTICS INSTRUMENTATION; NOISE IN IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTHALMOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ACQUISITION;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 2942720818     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.000367     Document Type: Article

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