{"id":574,"date":"2017-02-02T09:48:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T09:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiophile.blog\/?page_id=574"},"modified":"2021-09-30T18:03:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T12:33:59","slug":"optical-coherence-tomography-oct","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/general\/general\/optical-coherence-tomography-oct\/","title":{"rendered":"Optical coherence tomography (OCT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"><b>Optical coherence tomography (OCT): <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\">O<\/span>ptical coherence tomography (OCT) uses a light source to image superficial tissues. The light reflected from superficial tissues (1-2 mm) is used to create an image similar to ultrasound image, but at much higher resolution as the wave length of light is much shorter than that of the ultrasound beam. 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