Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Volume. 14, Issue 1, 2130001(2021)

ID-OCTA: OCT angiography based on inverse SNR and decorrelation features

Huakun Li, Kaiyuan Liu, Lin Yao, Xiaofeng Deng, Ziyi Zhang, and Peng Li*
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  • State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, P. R. China
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    Huakun Li, Kaiyuan Liu, Lin Yao, Xiaofeng Deng, Ziyi Zhang, Peng Li. ID-OCTA: OCT angiography based on inverse SNR and decorrelation features[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2021, 14(1): 2130001

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    Received: Oct. 20, 2020

    Accepted: Dec. 16, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 7, 2021

    The Author Email: Li Peng (peng_li@zju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1142/s1793545821300019

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