Title :
Measurement of applied force on cornea based on common-path optical coherence tomography with external contact reference
Author :
Kang, Jin U. ; Sharma, Utkarsh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally that applied force on a cornea can be accurately measured by using a common-path fiber optical coherence tomography system with an external contact reference.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; biomedical optical imaging; eye; fibre optic sensors; force measurement; force sensors; optical tomography; surgery; applied force measurement; common-path optical coherence tomography; cornea; external contact reference; fiber optical coherence tomography; surgery; Biomedical optical imaging; Cornea; Force measurement; Force sensors; Fresnel reflection; Lenses; Optical feedback; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Tomography; (060.2370) Fiber optics sensors; (120.3890) Medical optics instrumentation; (170.4500) Optical coherence tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628196
