The development, commercialization, and impact of optical coherence tomography

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2016, Pages OCT1-OCT13

  Fujimoto, James ^a   Swanson, Eric ^a  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Femtosecond optics; Ophthalmic imaging; Optical coherence tomography; Optics

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; BIREFRINGENCE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; INVESTMENT; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLIT LAMP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TECHNOLOGY; TRENDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84978477107     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.16-19963     Document Type: Review

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