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Analytical models of optical coherence tomography (OCT) of strongly turbid media of the type of biological tissues are developed on the basis of the theory of wave scattering in random inhomogeneous media. Similarity relations for signals of coherent and pulsed sounding are established, and general expressions for random realizations and statistical characteristics of tomograms are obtained. It is shown that after the appropriate modification the theory of image transfer in turbid media can be used for analysis of their informative properties. Simple formulas for estimating the visibility depth into the internal structure of biological tissues are proposed.
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Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 41. No. 10, pp. 1258–1289, October 1998.
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Dolin, L.S. A theory of optical coherence tomography. Radiophys Quantum Electron 41, 850–873 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02676454
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