Quantification of a three-dimensional velocity vector using spectral-domain Doppler optical coherence tomography

Opt Lett. 2007 Jun 1;32(11):1587-9. doi: 10.1364/ol.32.001587.

Abstract

Multiangle, fiber-based, spectral-domain Doppler optical coherence tomography with a phase-resolved algorithm is presented to measure three components of an arbitrary velocity vector. A beam divider that divides a probe beam to have five independent viewpoints and path length delays was designed. The divider was inserted into the sampling arm of a Doppler optical coherence tomography system between the collimator and the first galvo mirror of a two-axis galvo scanner. The divider produced five independent D k's (the average difference between the wave vectors of incoming and outgoing beams) after passing through the focusing lens while keeping two-axis scanning capability. After calibration, an unknown velocity vector field inside a microtube was quantified by solving a three-dimensional minimization problem.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Calibration
  • Doppler Effect
  • Equipment Design
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Models, Statistical
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / instrumentation
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*