Variable-angle-of-incidence polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography: Its use to study the 3-D collagen structure of equine articular cartilage

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6079, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ugryumova, Nadya ^a   Gangnus, Sergei V ^a   Matcher, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Cartilage; Collagen; Osteoarthritis; Polarization sensitive OCT

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

AZIMUTHAL ORIENTATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE OCT;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646257544     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.649310     Document Type: Conference Paper

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