TY - BOOK AU - Brezinski,Mark E. TI - Optical coherence tomography: principles and applications SN - 9780121335700 AV - QC449.5 .B74 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Amsterdam, Boston PB - Academic Press KW - Optical tomography KW - Technological innovations KW - Tomography, Optical Coherence N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The basics (math, waves, etc.) for the nonphysical scientist -- Light and electromagnetic waves -- Light in matter -- Interference, coherence, diffraction, and transfer functions -- Optical coherence tomography theory -- Optoelectronics and optical components -- Noise and system performance with TD-OCT and SD-OCT -- Polarization and polarization sensitive OCT -- Adjuvant techniques: absorption spectroscopy, contrast probes, phase contrast, elastography, and entangled photons -- Doppler optical coherence tomography -- Digital image processing techniques for speckle reduction, enhancement, and segmentation of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images -- Application of OCT to clinical imaging: introduction -- Other technologies -- Introduction to clinical research design and analysis -- OCT in cardiovascular medicine -- OCT in musculoskeletal disease -- OCT in oncology ER -