Optical Coherence Tomography: Principles and Applications

7 ½ X 9 ¼ in Foreword; Section I:The Basics (math, waves, etc.) for the Nonphysical Scientist; Light and Electromagnetic Waves; Light in Mat ter; Interference, Coherence, Diffraction, and Transfer Functions; Section II: Optical Coherence Tomography: Theory; Optoelectr onics And Optical Components; Noise and System Performance with TD-OCT a nd SD-OCT; Polarization and Polarization Sensitive OCT (PS-OCT); Adjuvan t Techniques: Absorption Spectroscopy, Contrast Probes, Phase Contrast, Elastography, and Entangled Photons; Doppler Optical Coherence Tomograp hy; Digital Image Processing Techniques for Speckle Reduction, Enhanceme nt and Segmentation of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Images; Section III: Application of OCT to Clinical Imaging: Introduc tion; Other Technologies; Introduction to Clinical Research Design and A nalysis; OCT in Cardiovascular Medicine; OCT in Musculoskeletal Disease; OCT in Oncology; Other Applications and Conclusions; Index