Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 432-441 , May 2007

Towards quantitative analysis of retinal features in optical coherence tomography

  • Maurizio Baroni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Florence, via S. Marta 3, 50139 Firenze, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 055 4796564; fax: +39 055 494569.
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  • Pina Fortunato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oto-Neuro-Ophthalmological Surgical Sciences, University of Florence, Italy
    • ,
  • Agostino La Torre

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oto-Neuro-Ophthalmological Surgical Sciences, University of Florence, Italy

Received 24 January 2006 ,Revised 5 May 2006 ,Accepted 2 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.06.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 432-441 , May 2007

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