Reduction of image artifacts in three-dimensional optical coherence tomography of skin in vivo

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Liew, Yih Miin ^a   McLaughlin, Robert A ^a   Wood, Fiona M ^a,b   Sampson, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artifact reduction; Epidermal swelling; Image artifacts; In vivo imaging; OCT; Optical coherence tomography; Refractive index matching; Skin

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; REFRACTOMETRY; SKIN;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFRACTOMETRY; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84859393233     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3652710     Document Type: Article

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