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3 May 2016 Phase-sensitive multiple reference optical coherence tomography (Conference Presentation)
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Abstract
Multiple reference OCT (MR-OCT) is a recently developed novel time-domain OCT platform based on a miniature reference arm optical delay, which utilizes a single miniature actuator and a partial mirror to generate recirculating optical delay for extended axial-scan range. MR-OCT technology promises to fit into a robust and cost-effective design, compatible with integration into consumer-level devices for addressing wide applications in mobile healthcare and biometry applications. Using conventional intensity based OCT processing techniques, the high-resolution structural imaging capability of MR-OCT has been recently demonstrated for various applications including in vivo human samples. In this study, we demonstrate the feasibility of implementing phase based processing with MR-OCT for various functional applications such as Doppler imaging and sensing of blood vessels, and for tissue vibrography applications. The MR-OCT system operates at 1310nm with a spatial resolution of ~26 µm and an axial scan rate of 600Hz. Initial studies show a displacement-sensitivity of ~20 nm to ~120 nm for the first 1 to 9 orders of reflections, respectively with a mirror as test-sample. The corresponding minimum resolvable velocity for these orders are ~2.3 µm/sec and ~15 µm/sec respectively. Data from a chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) model will be shown to demonstrate the feasibility of MR-OCT for imaging in-vivo blood flow.
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Roshan I. Dsouza, Hrebesh Subhash, Kai Neuhaus, Josh Hogan, Carol Wilson, and Martin Leahy "Phase-sensitive multiple reference optical coherence tomography (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9699, Optics and Biophotonics in Low-Resource Settings II, 96990O (3 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2213574
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KEYWORDS
Optical coherence tomography

Data modeling

In vivo imaging

Mirrors

Actuators

Blood vessels

Doppler tomography

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