Improved signal-to-noise ratio in spectral-domain compared with time-domain optical coherence tomography
Optics Letters, Vol. 28, Issue 21, pp. 2067-2069 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.28.002067
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Abstract
A signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) analysis is presented for optical coherence tomography (OCT) signals in which time-domain performance is compared with that of the spectral domain. A significant SNR gain of several hundredfold is found for acquisition in the spectral domain. The SNR benefit is demonstrated experimentally in a hybrid time-domain–spectral-domain OCT system.
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OCIS Codes
(030.4280) Coherence and statistical optics : Noise in imaging systems
(110.4280) Imaging systems : Noise in imaging systems
(170.3890) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical optics instrumentation
(170.4500) Medical optics and biotechnology : Optical coherence tomography
Citation
Johannes F. de Boer, Barry Cense, B. Hyle Park, Mark C. Pierce, Guillermo J. Tearney, and Brett E. Bouma, "Improved signal-to-noise ratio in spectral-domain compared with time-domain optical coherence tomography," Opt. Lett. 28, 2067-2069 (2003)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-28-21-2067
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