Title :
Optical scattering of confocal laser scanning reflectance microscopy in turbid media
Author :
Chou, Derrick R. ; Wax, Adam P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA
Abstract :
We present quantitative analysis of optical scattering in confocal reflectance microscopy as a function of numerical aperture and scattering coefficient. Data is collected from samples of intralipid of varying concentration with objectives up to 1.4NA.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; laser applications in medicine; light scattering; optical microscopy; confocal laser scanning reflectance microscopy; intralipid; numerical aperture; optical scattering; scattering coefficient; turbid media; Apertures; Biomedical optical imaging; Image resolution; Light scattering; Optical attenuators; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202204
