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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 4 — Feb. 13, 2012
  • pp: 4710–4725

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Split-spectrum amplitude-decorrelation angiography with optical coherence tomography

Yali Jia, Ou Tan, Jason Tokayer, Benjamin Potsaid, Yimin Wang, Jonathan J. Liu, Martin F. Kraus, Hrebesh Subhash, James G. Fujimoto, Joachim Hornegger, and David Huang  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 4, pp. 4710-4725 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.004710


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Abstract

Amplitude decorrelation measurement is sensitive to transverse flow and immune to phase noise in comparison to Doppler and other phase-based approaches. However, the high axial resolution of OCT makes it very sensitive to the pulsatile bulk motion noise in the axial direction. To overcome this limitation, we developed split-spectrum amplitude-decorrelation angiography (SSADA) to improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of flow detection. The full OCT spectrum was split into several narrower bands. Inter-B-scan decorrelation was computed using the spectral bands separately and then averaged. The SSADA algorithm was tested on in vivo images of the human macula and optic nerve head. It significantly improved both SNR for flow detection and connectivity of microvascular network when compared to other amplitude-decorrelation algorithms.

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OCIS Codes
(170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging
(170.4470) Medical optics and biotechnology : Ophthalmology
(170.4500) Medical optics and biotechnology : Optical coherence tomography

ToC Category:
Medical Optics and Biotechnology

History
Original Manuscript: December 23, 2011
Revised Manuscript: January 24, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: January 29, 2012
Published: February 9, 2012

Virtual Issues
Vol. 7, Iss. 4 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

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Yali Jia, Ou Tan, Jason Tokayer, Benjamin Potsaid, Yimin Wang, Jonathan J. Liu, Martin F. Kraus, Hrebesh Subhash, James G. Fujimoto, Joachim Hornegger, and David Huang, "Split-spectrum amplitude-decorrelation angiography with optical coherence tomography," Opt. Express 20, 4710-4725 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-4-4710


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