Methods and algorithms for optical coherence tomography-based angiography: A review and comparison

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Anqi ^a   Zhang, Qinqin ^a   Chen, Chieh Li ^a   Wang, Ruikang K ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

optical coherence tomography; optical coherence tomography based angiography; optical microangiography; retinal imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MECHANISM; CORRELATION MAPPING; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; MICRO-ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULAR NETWORK; RETINAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL IMAGING; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 84944931224     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.20.10.100901     Document Type: Review

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