Title :
Optical reflection tomography along the the geometrical thickness toward in vivo imaging of biological tissue
Author :
Ohmi, M. ; Kurata, T. ; Haruna, M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Allied Health Sci., Osaka Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Very recently, we proposed optical reflection tomography along the geometrical thickness by combination of OCT and confocal reflection tomography (CRT). In order to apply this novel optical reflection tomography for clinical diagnoses, image quality of CRT should be comparable to that of OCT. In this paper, we describe improvement of the dynamic range of light signal detection of CRT. An in vivo CRT image of biological tissue is also presented as well as an OCT images.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical imaging; light interferometry; light reflection; optical signal detection; optical tomography; OCT confocal reflection tomography; ballistic photons; biological tissue; confocal optics; dynamic range; geometrical thickness; human nail; image quality; in vivo imaging; light interference; light signal detection; low coherence interferometer; optical reflection tomography; Biomedical optical imaging; Cathode ray tubes; In vivo; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967872
