Single-step method for fiber-optic probe-based full-range spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Appl Opt. 2013 Jul 20;52(21):5143-51. doi: 10.1364/AO.52.005143.

Abstract

We propose a single-step method appropriated for a fiber-optic probe-based full-range spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT). The fiber-optic probe was scanned over a sample with a magnetically driven actuator. In the reference arm, a phase shift of π/2 was applied during two neighbor axial scanning, from which the complex spectral interferogram was directly reconstructed. Since the complex-conjugate-free OCT image is obtained by doing just one Fourier transform on the complex interferogram, obtaining the full-range image is simple in algorithm and effective in computation time. Some full-range images of biological samples created with the proposed method are presented and the processing time is analyzed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Equipment Design
  • Fiber Optic Technology*
  • Fingers / anatomy & histology
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Interferometry / instrumentation*
  • Interferometry / methods
  • Skin / anatomy & histology
  • Software
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / instrumentation*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*
  • Tooth / anatomy & histology