Optical Coherence Tomography: Principles and Applications

Foreword Section I:The Basics (math, waves, etc.) for the Nonphysical Scientist Light and Electromagnetic Waves Light in Matter Interference, Coherence, Diffraction, and Transfer Functions Section II: Optical Coherence Tomography: Theory Optoelectronics And Optical Components Noise and System Performance with TD-OCT and SD-OCT Polarization and Polarization Sensitive OCT (PS-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 Section III: 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 Other Applications and Conclusions Index