NOISE REDUCTION METHOD FOR OCT IMAGES BASED ON EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION

OLEG O. MYAKININ; DMITRY V. KORNILIN; IVAN A. BRATCHENKO; VALERIY P. ZAKHAROV; ALEXANDER G. KHRAMOV

doi:10.1142/s1793545813500090

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