Research Article
Contrast Enhancement of Optical Coherence Tomography Images Using Branched Gold Nanoparticles
Table 2
Summary of average pixel intensities and contrast enhancement values.
| Sample | Average pixel intensity | Contrast enhancement (dB) |
| Water without NPs | 1.30 | ā | B-GNPs in water | 41.91 | 15.07 | Diluted B-GNPs in water | 10.81 | 9.19 | Nanospheres in water | 9.72 | 8.72 | Nanorods in water | 1.51 | 0.65 | Gel with TiO2 with B-GNPs | 0.91 | 3.17 | Gel with TiO2 without B-GNPs | 0.44 | ā |
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