Title :
Multiple scattering detection in optical coherence tomography using speckle statistics
Author :
Curatolo, A. ; Hillman, T.R. ; Kennedy, B.F. ; Sampson, D.D.
Author_Institution :
Opt.+Biomed. Eng. Lab. (OBEL), Univ. of WesC, Crawley, WA, Australia
Abstract :
Angular diversity is a successful speckle reduction technique in optical coherence tomography. We employ the same technique for a different purpose: discriminating between the singly backscattered and multiply scattered signal components.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; light scattering; medical image processing; optical tomography; speckle; statistical analysis; angular diversity; backscattered signal; multiple scattered signal; multiple scattering detection; optical coherence tomography; speckle reduction; Adaptive optics; Optical detectors; Optical scattering; Speckle; Statistics; Tomography; Multiple Scattering; Optical Coherence Tomography; Speckle;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Winter Topicals Meeting Series (WTM), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Majorca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5240-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5241-5
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTWTM.2010.5421964
