Automated phase retardation oriented segmentation of chorio-scleral interface by polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3353-3366

  Duan, Lian ^a,b   Yamanari, Masahiro ^a,b   Yasuno, Yoshiaki ^a,b  

^a Computational Optics Group ^*  (Japan)

^b Computational Optics and Ophthalmology Group ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CAPILLARY FLOW; POLARIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

DETECTION ALGORITHM; IN-VIVO; PHASE RETARDATION; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SECOND DERIVATIVES; SEGMENTATION METHODS;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CHOROID; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SCLERA;

ALGORITHMS; CHOROID; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SCLERA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84856472669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.003353     Document Type: Article

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