Title :
Alternate scanning modalities for high resolution optical coherence tomography
Author :
Aguirre, A.D. ; Hsiung, P. ; Ko, T.H. ; Bourquin, S. ; Schneider, K. ; Hartl, I. ; Fujimoto, J.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate and compare alternate scanning methods in optical coherence tomography for achieving high resolution imaging. These techniques enable high transverse resolutions and overcome depth of field limitations. Cellular level resolutions in human tissue may be achieved.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; cellular biophysics; image resolution; optical tomography; cellular level resolutions; field limitation depth; high resolution imaging; human tissue; optical coherence tomography; scanning modalities; transverse resolution; Focusing; High-resolution imaging; Humans; Image resolution; Mirrors; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical microscopy; Tomography; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
