Angle-resolved optical coherence tomography with sequential angular selectivity for speckle reduction

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 6200-6209

  Desjardins, A E ^a   Vakoc, B J ^a   Oh, W Y ^a   Motaghiannezam, S M R ^a   Tearney, G J ^a   Bouma, B E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECKLE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANGULAR COMPOUNDING; HOMOGENEOUS TISSUE PHANTOM; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT); SPECKLE REDUCTION;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34248520827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.006200     Document Type: Article

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