DocumentCode
2231568
Title
Real-time optical coherence tomography based on linearly-stretched pulse interference
Author
Ahn, Tae-Jung ; Park, Yongwoo ; Kieffer, Jean-Claude ; Azana, Jose
Author_Institution
Inst. Nat. de la Rech. Scientiflque, Varennes, QC
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate ultrahigh-speed optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging (at 5,000,000 A-lines/s) of biological samples using a recently introduced stretched-pulse interference technique with significantly improved performances in terms of sensitivity (-82dB) and resolution (42-mum).
Keywords
biomedical optical imaging; high-speed optical techniques; image resolution; light interferometry; optical tomography; biological samples; image resolution; linearly-stretched pulse interference; real-time optical coherence tomography; ultrahigh-speed OCT imaging; Bandwidth; Biomedical optical imaging; Coherence; High speed optical techniques; Interference; Optical filters; Optical imaging; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Tomography; (110.4500) Optical coherence tomography; (170.3880) Medical and biological imaging;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-859-9
Type
conf
Filename
4571263
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