Ultrahigh resolution, functional optical coherence tomography using state of the art femtosecond laser technology

Author

Drexler, W. ; Morgner, U. ; Kartner, Franz X. ; Ghanta, R.K. ; Schuman, J.S. ; Fujimoto, J.G.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Med. Phys., Univ. of Vienna, Austria

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

Using state of the art femtosecond laser technology, in vivo optical coherence tomography imaging with subcellular level resolution is achieved, enabling optical biopsy, the in situ visualization of biological tissue at the level of histopathology. Spectroscopic OCT allows the extraction of spatially resolved functional or biochemical properties.

Keywords

biological tissues; biomedical imaging; high-speed optical techniques; image resolution; laser applications in medicine; optical tomography; biological tissue; cellular structures; coherence interferometry; femtosecond laser technology; functional OCT; histopathology; in situ visualization; in vivo optical coherence tomography; optical biopsy; spectroscopic OCT; subcellular level resolution; ultrahigh resolution; white light interferometry; Biological tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; Biopsy; Image resolution; In vivo; Optical imaging; Spatial resolution; Tomography; Ultrafast optics; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967819

Filename

967819