Sample motion-insensitive, full-range, complex, spectral-domain optical-coherence tomography
Optics Letters, Vol. 35, Issue 23, pp. 3913-3915 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.003913
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Abstract
We present a full-range, complex, spectral-domain optical-coherence-tomography (SD-OCT) system that is based on a double-beam scanning approach. The sample beams of two identical SD-OCT setups are combined collinearly by a bulk optic beam splitter before illuminating the object. The required phase shift for the complex signal reconstruction comes from the phase difference between both interferometers. Because of the double-beam scanning approach, our system is completely insensitive to sample motion. To demonstrate the performance of our setup, we present images of the human optic nerve head in vivo and of a human tooth.
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OCIS Codes
(170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging
(170.4500) Medical optics and biotechnology : Optical coherence tomography
ToC Category:
Medical Optics and Biotechnology
History
Original Manuscript: July 15, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: October 22, 2010
Published: November 19, 2010
Citation
Stefan Zotter, Michael Pircher, Erich Götzinger, Teresa Torzicky, Marco Bonesi, and Christoph K. Hitzenberger, "Sample motion-insensitive, full-range, complex, spectral-domain optical-coherence tomography," Opt. Lett. 35, 3913-3915 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-23-3913
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