Title :
Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Applications for Biological Imaging
Author :
Li, Peng ; He, Yonghong ; Ma, Hui
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. at Shenzhen, Tsinghua Univ., Shenzhen
Abstract :
Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) technique has recently attracted significant interest because of its better detection sensitivity and faster image acquisition rates compared with the traditional time-domain optical coherence tomography (TD-OCT) technique. In this paper we introduce the basic principle, experimental setup and the post processing program of a SD-OCT system constructed at our laboratory. The SD-OCT system has an axial resolution of 10 mum in air and 1000 axial scans per second at 3648 pixels per axial scan. It is then demonstrated that the SD-OCT image of onion skin and rat eye, verifying the capability for biological imaging of our system.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; eye; optical tomography; skin; biological imaging; image acquisition rates; onion skin; rat eye; spectral-domain optical coherence tomography; Biomedical optical imaging; Erbium; High speed optical techniques; Image resolution; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Spectroscopy; Time domain analysis; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics, Nanophotonics and Metamaterials, 2006. Metamaterials 2006. International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9773-8
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9774-6
DOI :
10.1109/METAMAT.2006.335040
