• DocumentCode
    2272549
  • Title

    The effects of multiple scattering on axial resolution in optical coherence tomography

  • Author

    Yura, H.T. ; Thrane, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. & Photonics Lab., Aerosp. Corp., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    24-24 May 2002
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. OCT axial resolution degrades with increasing optical depth due to multiple scattering. This effect is more pronounced for small than for large values of the longitudinal coherence length, and is an inherent effect of OCT imaging in biological tissue.
  • Keywords
    biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; image resolution; light coherence; light scattering; optical tomography; axial resolution; biological tissue; longitudinal coherence length; multiple scattering; optical coherence tomography axial resolution; optical coherence tomography imaging; optical depth; Biomedical optical imaging; Biopsy; Holographic optical components; Holography; Light scattering; Neoplasms; Optical imaging; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Tomography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-706-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034219
  • Filename
    1034219