Adaptive ranging for optical coherence tomography

Adaptive ranging for optical coherence tomography.

At present, optical coherence tomography systems have a limited imaging depth or axial scan range, making diagnosis of large diameter arterial vessels and hollow organs difficult. Adaptive ranging is a feedback technique where image data is utilized to adjust the coherence gate offset and range. In this paper, we demonstrate an adaptive optical coherence tomography system with a 7.0 mm range. B...

Adaptive Optics for Optical Coherence Tomography

Motion artifacts in optical coherence tomography with frequency-domain ranging.

We describe results of theoretical and experimental investigations of artifacts that can arise in spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) as a result of sample or probe beam motion. While SD-OCT and OFDI are based on similar spectral interferometric principles, the specifics of motion effects are quite different because of distinct signa...

Optical-domain subsampling for data efficient depth ranging in Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography

Recent advances in optical coherence tomography (OCT) have led to higher-speed sources that support imaging over longer depth ranges. Limitations in the bandwidth of state-of-the-art acquisition electronics, however, prevent adoption of these advances into the clinical applications. Here, we introduce optical-domain subsampling as a method for imaging at high-speeds and over extended depth rang...

Adaptive Optics Optical Coherence Tomography for in Vivo Retinal Imaging

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive micrometer-resolution volumetric imaging modality that has been employed in diverse applications. In this thesis, we first describe a GPU accelerated program to perform FDOCT data processing and real time 3D volumetric rendering. The real time visualization of volumetric images provided by the GPU acceleration was essential to the rest of the...