The modulation transfer function of an optical coherence tomography imaging system in turbid media

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2855-2871

  Woolliams, P D ^a   Tomlins, P H ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST TRANSFER FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NOISE FLOOR; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL SCATTERING; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; SCATTERING DENSITY; SCATTERING LAYER; TURBID MEDIA;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TURBIDITY;

COHERENT SCATTERING;

ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION SCATTERING;

SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 79954592333     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/9/014     Document Type: Article

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