Review of speckle and phase variance optical coherence tomography to visualize microvascular networks

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Mahmud, Mohammad Sultan ^a   Cadotte, David W ^b,c   Vuong, Barry ^a   Sun, Carry ^a   Luk, Timothy W H ^a   Mariampillai, Adrian ^a,c   Yang, Victor X D ^a,b,d,e  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

bulk tissue motion; Doppler optical coherence tomography; microcirculation; optical microangiography; phase variance optical coherence tomography; photodynamic therapy; speckle variance optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

BULK TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CLINICAL INFORMATION; DOPPLER OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING; MICRO-ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULAR NETWORK; RESEARCH QUESTIONS;

BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROCIRCULATION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RESEARCH; SPECKLE;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROVASCULATURE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROVESSELS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84879987641     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.5.050901     Document Type: Review

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