Title :
Optical coherence in all the right (and wrong) places: Using and designing coherence for biomedical imaging
Author :
Choma, Michael A.
Abstract :
The spatial and temporal coherence of optical fields are basic properties that have been successfully exploited in biomedical optics. I will discuss our use of optical coherence tomography, an imaging modality that exploits low temporal coherence, to explore microfluidic-scale pulmonary and cardiovascular physiology. I also will discuss our work in the targeted design of desirable spatial coherence properties enabled by random lasers and other novel light sources. This targeted design will enable new ways of studying microfluidic-scale physiology.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; cardiovascular system; light coherence; microfluidics; optical design techniques; optical tomography; pneumodynamics; biomedical imaging; biomedical optics; cardiovascular physiology; microfluidic-scale physiology; pulmonary physiology; random lasers; spatial coherence; temporal coherence; Biomedical optical imaging; Coherence; Optical design; Optical imaging; Physiology;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6994963
