Reviews
Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:
⭐Nice intro to OCT, but there are quite a few typos. Hopefully they get fixed in a new edition.
⭐Four years earlier this was the only book available as a text book for OCT, but now there are more options and in my opinion there are other books which are better than this one. Specially with the technology now moving from time domain to Fourier domain there are many concepts which are missing in this one that you will find in the recent ones.
⭐This has been since it was introduced and continues to be THE text on OCT. The author is a pioneer in the physics, engineering, experimentation, and commercialization of OCT in addition to having been a practicing physician. It shows in the content. The book really has four sections which are each books in and of themselves. The first section is the basic physics and mathematics concepts, for those who want a better feel for OCT technical literature. The second section is technical, primarily OCT for those with a background in engineering and physics. However, by readering the introductory and concluding paragraphs of each subsection, the central points are clear for the non-physical scientists and clinician. The first addition was written at a time when OCT was approximately 15 year old, so since it’s publication no major paradigm shifts in the technology occur. While the book emphasize slightly more time domain over spectral domain in chapter 5, it does deal with both and is the only book seriously addressing the limitations of the spectral domain techniques, so often ignored in the literature. The third section is on how to do basic and clinical studies, as well as potentially completing technologies. It is. In my opinion, extremely useful for those entering these research areas. The final section deals with the different clinical areas of OCT application, discussed in detail. It begins with the pathophsyiology of each disease, then how OCT proves to be a utility, and finally studies which need to be done. As a frequent grant reviewer, it is routine to see quotes and references to this text in applications. It’s funny the two negative reviews on this book were trainee’s, whose other reviews included swim goggles and a fitness ball respectively.
⭐The book does contain a lot of useful information, but the amount of typos is frustrating. Every other equation used in this book contains errors. The equations often contain notations that are not defined anywhere in the book.Some sections need cleaning – they contain miriad of equations which can be significantly simplified and their number reduced via a thoughtful layout strategy.I am not new to OCT and I am considering this book as a reference source, but right now I believe the book is not yet ready to be a book. Perhaps later editions will be much better.
⭐This is a tour de force by a pioneer in the field. The book has several features which make it an outstanding work, not the least of which is that almost all chapters are written by a single author. First, the book reviews applications and potential applications is great detail, allowing investigators in these areas to have a better appreciation of advantages and limitations. Second, chapters 12 and 14 focus on how to effectively perform hypothesis driven basic and clinical studies, ideal for those with a limited background in biomedical experimentation. Third, OCT theory is derived in considerable detail, illuminating assumptions and limitations of equations frequently used in the literature. This is particularly true of chapters 5, 7, and 8. Finally, basic underlying physics is introduced in early chapters for those new to the field. In summary, this represents on outstanding text covering essentially all major areas of OCT research and will likely be one of the most utilized works in the field for many years to come.
⭐OCT: Principles and Applications is a cohesive text written by an investigator who understands the field from Maxwell’s equations to clinical practice. Readers with a solid electromagnetics background will appreciate the detailed derivations and thorough coverage of OCT theory in Section II, including speckle, noise, common and uncommon variants of OCT, and practical instrument considerations. A comprehensive but brief introduction to basic mathematics and electromagnetics is given in Section I, which serves as an good review for those rusty on basic principles. Readers without a technical background may have difficulty with the equations in Section I and II, fortunately enough descriptive text is provided to enable anyone to follow the substance of derivations. Section III provides valuable information to engineers and physicians alike regarding the advantages and limitations of OCT for a variety of important applications. Typographical errors are a minor distraction. Overall this is an excellent first text for anyone wishing to delve beyond a superficial understanding of OCT, and a strong compliment to other available books on clinical applications and instrumentation developments in OCT.
⭐This is an outstanding book to bring the reader up to speed invirtually all topics related to OCT. Among the greatest strengths ofthe book is that almost every chapter is written by one author, somethingrare in this era. The chapter on clinical trails may be alittle difficult for those without previous experience in this area,but both this and chapter 12 do an excellent job outlining howhypothesis driven research is performed. Similarly, chapters 5-8 arelikely challenging for those without a significant background inmathematics. However, it is likely that readers from a wide range ofbackgrounds will benefit from this book due to its diversity anddetail. This is a great book for both those new to the field as wellas experienced researchers.
