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Science 27 June 1997:
Vol. 276. no. 5321, pp. 2002 - 2003
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5321.2002
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Perspectives

IMAGING:
Enhanced: Tissue Optics

David A. Benaron, Wai-Fung Cheong, and David K. Stevenson

A report in this issue of Science by Tearney et al. describes a technique that uses light to form high-resolution tomographic images of human tissue. In his Perspective, Benaron discusses the physical basis of this technique, optical coherence tomography, and its advantages when compared to other light-based imaging techniques.

D. A. Benaron directs the Biomedical Optics Group at the Medical Free Electron Laser Program, Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory (HEPL), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94034, USA. E-mail: benaron{at}forsythe.stanford.edu. W.-F. Cheong and D. K. Stevenson are in the Neonatal and Developmental Medicine Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94034, USA. E-mail: wfcheong{at}forsythe.stanford.edu and david.stevenson{at}forsythe.stanford.edu

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