Compact optical coherence tomography system using partially delayed Fizeau interferometer

Author

Ikari, T. ; Sato, M. ; Tanno, N.

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Sci. & Eng., Yamagata Univ., Japan

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

253

Lastpage

254

Abstract

Summary form only given. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an emerging technology for noninvasive imaging of biological tissue with high spatial resolution. Extensions of OCT technology have been developed that permit imaging velocity or birefringence and utilization with endoscopes, mainly based on a Michelson interferometer. A simple, small and stable interferometer must be developed to realize compact OCT systems. We have studied a partially delayed Fizeau interferometer (PDFI) as a compact interferometer (Ikari et al, Proc. Opt. Soc. of Japan Symp. Biomedical Optics vol. 1, pp. 30-31, 2000). This report introduces a compact OCT system using PDFI. Fundamental characteristics of spatial resolution and OCT images of biological materials are shown.

Keywords

biological techniques; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; image resolution; light interferometers; medical image processing; optical tomography; Michelson interferometer; OCT; OCT system; OCT technology; PDFI; biological tissue; birefringence; compact OCT systems; endoscopes; imaging velocity; noninvasive imaging; optical coherence tomography system; partially delayed Fizeau interferometer; spatial resolution; Biological tissues; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical optical imaging; Birefringence; Delay systems; High-resolution imaging; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Spatial resolution; Tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947770

Filename

947770