Title :
Serial optical coherence scanner for brain imaging and mapping
Author :
Akkin, Taner ; Hui Wang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
The serial optical coherence scanner reconstructs macroscopic tissues at microscopic resolution using intrinsic optical contrasts. The anatomy, nerve fiber architectures and fiber orientations are shown in ex-vivo rat brains.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; brain; image reconstruction; image resolution; medical image processing; neurophysiology; optical fibres; optical tomography; brain imaging; brain mapping; ex-vivo rat brains; fiber orientations; intrinsic optical contrasts; macroscopic tissues; microscopic resolution; nerve fiber architectures; serial optical coherence scanner; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical imaging; Optical polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
