Simultaneous dual-band ultra-high resolution optical coherence tomography

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 10832-10841

  Spöler, Felix ^a   Kray, Stefan ^a   Grychtol, Patrik ^a   Hermes, Barbara ^b   Bornemann, Jörg ^b   Forst, Michael ^a   Kurz, Heinrich ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT SOURCES; TISSUE; WAVELENGTH;

IMAGE CONTRAST; SPECTRAL FILTERING; SUPERCONTINUUM LIGHT SOURCE;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548086035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.010832     Document Type: Article

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