Title :
Myocardial diagnosis by using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography
Author :
Chia-Wei Sun ; Yih-Ming Wang ; I-Jen Hsu ; Chih-Wei Lu ; Yean-Woei Kiang ; Yang, C.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
A polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography system based on a 12-fsec Ti:sapphire laser as the broadband source was used to ex vivo diagnosing diet-induced hypercholesterolemia myocardium of New Zealand white rabbits.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; cardiology; high-speed optical techniques; light polarisation; muscle; optical tomography; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 12 fs; Al2O3:Ti; New Zealand white rabbits; Ti:sapphire laser; broadband source; diet-induced hypercholesterolemia myocardium; ex vivo diagnosis; myocardial diagnosis; polarization-sensitive OCT; polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography; Cardiac disease; Laser mode locking; Lesions; Myocardium; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Rabbits; Signal resolution; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274591
