Detection of multiple scattering in optical coherence tomography by speckle correlation of angle-dependent B-scans
Optics Letters, Vol. 35, Issue 12, pp. 1998-2000 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.001998
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Abstract
Angular diversity is a successful speckle-reduction technique in optical coherence tomography (OCT). We employ angle-dependent detection for a different purpose: to distinguish the singly backscattered and multiply scattered signal components. Single backscattering is highly correlated over a large range of detection angles; multiple scattering rapidly decorrelates as the angle is varied. Theoretical justification is provided using a linear-systems description of the OCT imaging process; detection of multiple scattering is corroborated experimentally.
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OCIS Codes
(030.6140) Coherence and statistical optics : Speckle
(110.4100) Imaging systems : Modulation transfer function
(110.4500) Imaging systems : Optical coherence tomography
(290.4210) Scattering : Multiple scattering
ToC Category:
Scattering
History
Original Manuscript: February 2, 2010
Revised Manuscript: May 7, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: May 11, 2010
Published: June 8, 2010
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Citation
Timothy R. Hillman, Andrea Curatolo, Brendan F. Kennedy, and David D. Sampson, "Detection of multiple scattering in optical coherence tomography by speckle correlation of angle-dependent B-scans," Opt. Lett. 35, 1998-2000 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-12-1998
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