Micrometer axial resolution OCT for corneal imaging

Biomedical Optics Express

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3037-3046

  Yadav, Rahul ^a   Lee, Kye Sung ^a   Rolland, Jannick P ^a,b   Zavislan, James M ^a,b,c   Aquavella, James V ^c   Yoon, Geunyoung ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; CORNEAL TISSUES; CZERNY-TURNER; FREE SPACES; IMAGING DEPTH; IN-VIVO IMAGING; QUALITY DEGRADATION; SPECTRAL INTERFERENCE; SUPERCONTINUUM LIGHT SOURCE; SYSTEM USE; TEAR FILMS;

LIGHT SOURCES;

EID: 84858972016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21567085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.2.003037     Document Type: Article

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