Dynamic-focusing microscope objective for optical coherence tomography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6342 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Murali, Supraja ^a   Rolland, Jannick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio medical imaging; Dynamic focusing; Optical coherence microscopy; Optical coherence tomography; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC FOCUSING; OPTICAL COHERENCE MICROSCOPY (OCM); OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT); SKIN CANCER;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FOCUSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33749868291     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.692205     Document Type: Conference Paper

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