Fiber Optics, from Sensing to Non Invasive High Resolution Medical Imaging

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 624-640

  Podoleanu, Adrian Gh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber optic sensing; low coherence interferometry; optical coherence tomography; scanning; swept source

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008053899     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2032787     Document Type: Article

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