Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography: recent advances toward clinical utility

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-118

  Bouma, Brett E ^a   Yun, Seok Hyun ^a   Vakoc, Benjamin J ^a   Suter, Melissa J ^a   Tearney, Guillermo J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDIES; CLINICAL UTILITIES; FOURIER DOMAINS; FOURIER-DOMAIN OCT; FOURIER-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INTERNAL ORGANS; MICROSCOPIC IMAGING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; OPTICAL-COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUMES;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

COHERENT LIGHT;

CATHETER; ENDOSCOPE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROMETRY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 65149088629     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2009.02.007     Document Type: Review

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