Non-iterative numerical method for laterally superresolving Fourier domain optical coherence tomography

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1006-1020

  Yasuno, Yoshiaki ^a   Sugisaka, Jun Ichiro ^a   Sando, Yusuke ^a   Nakamura, Yoshifumi ^a   Makita, Shuichi ^a   Itoh, Masahide ^a   Yatagai, Toyohiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FOCUSING; FOURIER OPTICS; OPTICAL FILTERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DECONVOLUTION FILTER; FOURIER DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (FD-OCT); LATERAL POINT SPREAD FUNCTION; OCT IMAGES;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 32644436953     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.001006     Document Type: Article

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