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4-D Real-Time Optical Coherence Tomography
Advances in OCT techniques, combined with the processing power of modern computer hardware, are adding a new dimension—time—to a familiar 3-D imaging method. The result could be new applications in research and the biomedical clinic.
[Robert Huber/Tom Pfeiffer/Alessia Kirkland]
A bit less than two centuries ago, the birth of photography created the ability for automated, machine-aided capturing of a visual impression that otherwise would have been gone literally in the blink of an eye. The evolution of still photography to motion pictures in the late 19th century opened yet another realm of capturing, storing and replaying reality.
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