Fourier domain optical coherence tomography achieves full range complex imaging in vivo by introducing a carrier frequency during scanning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 5897-5907

  Wang, Ruikang K ^a  

^a Oregon Health and Science University Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER FREQUENCY; FOURIER DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; FOURIER FILTERING; OCT SPECTRAL INTERFEROGRAMS;

ALGORITHMS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAMERA; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 34748842088     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/19/011     Document Type: Article

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