Polarimetric imaging and blood vessel quantification

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 5178-5190

  Weber, Anke ^a   Cheney, Michael C ^a   Smithwick, Quinn Y J ^a   Elsner, Ann E ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; OPTHALMOLOGY; POLARIMETRIC IMAGING; POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE DEVICES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 9144272776     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005178     Document Type: Article

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