IMAGE IMPROVEMENT IN THE WAVELET DOMAIN FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAMS

YINGLI WANG; YANMEI LIANG; JINGYI WANG; SHU ZHANG

doi:10.1142/s1793545811001265

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