Title :
Dispersion and absorption effects by water and lipid in 1.3 /spl mu/m OCT system
Author :
Liu, B. ; Macdonald, E.A. ; Stamper, D.L. ; Brezinski, M.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Orthopedics, Brigham & Women´´s Hosp., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
The water and lipid induced group velocity dispersion (GVD) and absorption effects were investigated in OCT system. These results suggest possible limitations in intravascular imaging in vivo, as well as possible tissue characteristics using GVD.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; molecular biophysics; optical tomography; water; OCT system; absorption effects; dispersion effects; group velocity dispersion; intravascular imaging; lipid; tissue characteristics; water;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
