• DocumentCode
    2877149
  • Title

    High-resolution second harmonic optical coherence tomography

  • Author

    Jiang, Yi ; Tomov, Ivan V. ; Wang, Yimin ; Chen, Zhongping

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Biomed. Eng., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    14-17 Dec. 2004
  • Firstpage
    38
  • Lastpage
    39
  • Abstract
    A high-resolution second harmonic optical coherence tomography (SH-OCT) system is demonstrated using a spectrum broadened femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser. Images of highly organized collagen fibrils in the rat-tail tendon are demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; high-speed optical techniques; image resolution; laser applications in medicine; medical image processing; molecular biophysics; optical harmonic generation; optical tomography; proteins; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; high-resolution second harmonic optical coherence tomography; organized collagen fibrils; rat-tail tendon; spectrum broadened femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser; Biomedical optical imaging; High-resolution imaging; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Structural beams; Tendons; Tomography; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Biophotonics, 2004. APBP 2004. The Second Asian and Pacific Rim Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8676-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APBP.2004.1412266
  • Filename
    1412266