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Investigative Techniques > Optical Imaging > Tomography, Optical > Tomography, Optical Coherence
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Imaging > Optical Imaging > Tomography, Optical > Tomography, Optical Coherence
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Imaging > Tomography > Tomography, Optical > Tomography, Optical Coherence

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Tomography, Optical Coherence  

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  • OCT Tomography
  • Optical Coherence Tomography
  • Tomography, OCT

Scope note

  • An imaging method using LASERS that is used for mapping subsurface structure. When a reflective site in the sample is at the same optical path length (coherence) as the reference mirror, the detector observes interference fringes.

History note

  • 2004

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D041623

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