Clinical applications of fiber-optic probes in optical coherence tomography

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 467-475

  McLaughlin, Robert A ^a   Sampson, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endoscopic OCT; Intravascular OCT; Needle OCT; Optical coherence tomography, OCT

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; FIBER OPTICS; NEEDLES; PROBES;

CASE-STUDIES; CLINICAL APPLICATION; DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS; DISEASED TISSUES; ENDOSCOPIC OCT; FIBEROPTIC PROBES; INTRAVASCULAR; INTRAVASCULAR PROBE;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78649716712     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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