The effects of reduced bit depth on optical coherence tomography phase data

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 15654-15668

  Ling, William A ^a   Ellerbee, Audrey K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

BIT DEPTH; DIGITIZERS; MAGNITUDE DATA; PHASE DATA;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863754142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.015654     Document Type: Article

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