Two-dimensional birefringence imaging in biological tissue using polarization sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3196, Issue , 1998, Pages 32-37

  De Boer, Johannes F ^a   Milner, Thomas E ^a   Van Gemert, Martin J C ^b   Nelson, J Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Imaging; Optical Coherence Tomography

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAMMALS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

BACKSCATTERED LIGHT; BIREFRINGENCE IMAGING; CHANGE IN BIREFRINGENCE; OPTICAL BIREFRINGENCE; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

TENDONS;

EID: 4043098517     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.297943     Document Type: Conference Paper

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