Title :
Imaging of biological tissues using parallel polarization-sensitive spectral interferometric optical coherence tomography
Author :
Makita, Shuichi ; Yasuno, Yoshiaki ; Endo, Takashi ; Itoh, Masahide ; Yatagai, Toyohiko
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Tsukuba Univ., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
A parallel polarization-sensitive spectral interferometric OCT has been developed to decrease measurement time by detecting of two polarized signal light at a time. Cross-sectional Jones matrix images of a piece of bovine tendon by double lateral scans we obtained.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; light interferometry; light polarisation; optical tomography; signal detection; OCT; biological tissues imaging; bovine tendon; cross-sectional Jones matrix; optical coherence tomography; parallel polarization; spectral interferometry; Biological tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; High-resolution imaging; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical retarders; Probes; Tendons; 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.2003.1274641
