Extended coherence length megahertz FDML and its application for anterior segment imaging

Biomedical Optics Express

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2647-2657

  Wieser, Wolfgang ^a   Klein, Thomas ^a   Adler, Desmond C ^b   Trépanier, Francois ^c   Eigenwillig, Christoph M ^a   Karpf, Sebastian ^a   Schmitt, Joseph M ^b   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LightLab Imaging   (United States)

^c TERAXION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER SERIES;

ANTERIOR SEGMENT; COHERENCE LENGTHS; CRYSTALLINE LENS; FIBER DELAY LINE (FDL); FIELD IMAGING; FOURIER DOMAINS; HUMAN EYE; IMAGING DEPTH; IMAGING SPEED; LASER PERFORMANCE; MODE-LOCKED; SWEEP RATES; TOP SURFACE;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84867275939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21567085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.3.002647     Document Type: Article

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