Title :
Spectroscopic measurement in turbid media by spectroscopic optical coherence tomography
Author :
Nouchi, T. ; Akiba, M. ; Chan, K.P.
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Sci. & Eng., Yamagata Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We describe a parallel heterodyne detection method for real-time spectroscopic optical coherence tomography. Spectroscopic measurements using an ultrabroadband femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser has been carried out, demonstrating the feasibility of the present method.
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; biomedical optical imaging; heterodyne detection; laser applications in medicine; optical tomography; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; parallel heterodyne detection method; real-time spectroscopic optical coherence tomography; spectroscopic measurement; turbid media; ultrabroadband femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser; Biomedical optical imaging; Gratings; Light sources; Optical arrays; Optical interferometry; Optical scattering; Sensor arrays; Spectroscopy; Tomography; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics, 2004. APBP 2004. The Second Asian and Pacific Rim Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8676-0
DOI :
10.1109/APBP.2004.1412316