Image quality improvement with dispersion compensation and retrieval algorithms in optical coherence tomography

I-Jen Hsu; Chia-Wei Sun; Chih-Wei Lu; Chih Chung Yang; Chung-Ping Chiang; Chii-Wann Lin

doi:10.1117/12.482970

12 September 2002 Image quality improvement with dispersion compensation and retrieval algorithms in optical coherence tomography

I-Jen Hsu, Chia-Wei Sun, Chih-Wei Lu, Chih Chung Yang, Chung-Ping Chiang, Chii-Wann Lin

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Proceedings Volume 4916, Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics: Diagnostics and Treatment; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.482970
Event: Photonics Asia, 2002, Shanghai, China

Abstract

We proposed and demonstrated a novel technique of improving the spatial resolution of an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system given a certain light source spectrum. By using dispersive materials in the reference arm of the OCT system, the resultant dispersion compensation led to a FWHM of interference fringe envelope smaller than the Fourier transform limited value, at the expense of significant tails. The effects of the tails, which would blur the OCT images, were tremendously reduced with retrieval algorithms. Simulation results and processed OCT scanning images have shown the capability of the proposed technique. Two retrieval algorithms were proposed and compared.

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I-Jen Hsu, Chia-Wei Sun, Chih-Wei Lu, Chih Chung Yang, Chung-Ping Chiang, and Chii-Wann Lin "Image quality improvement with dispersion compensation and retrieval algorithms in optical coherence tomography", Proc. SPIE 4916, Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics: Diagnostics and Treatment, (12 September 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.482970

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