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Brunner E, Kunze L, Drexler W, Pollreisz A, Pircher M. Image Quality in Adaptive Optics Optical Coherence Tomography of Diabetic Patients. Diagnostics (Basel) 2025; 15:429. [PMID: 40002580 PMCID: PMC11854792 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics15040429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2024] [Revised: 01/17/2025] [Accepted: 01/30/2025] [Indexed: 02/27/2025] Open
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Background/Objectives: An assessment of the retinal image quality in adaptive optics optical coherence tomography (AO-OCT) is challenging. Many factors influence AO-OCT imaging performance, leading to greatly varying imaging results, even in the same subject. The aim of this study is to introduce quantitative means for an assessment of AO-OCT image quality and to compare these with parameters retrieved from the pyramid wavefront sensor of the system. Methods: We used a spectral domain AO-OCT instrument to repetitively image six patients suffering from diabetic retinopathy over a time span of one year. The data evaluation consists of two volume acquisitions with a focus on the photoreceptor layer, each at five different retinal locations per visit; 7-8 visits per patient are included in this data analysis, resulting in a total of ~420 volumes. Results: A large variability in AO-OCT image quality is observed between subjects and between visits of the same subject. On average, the image quality does not depend on the measurement location. The data show a moderate correlation between the axial position of the volume recording and image quality. The correlation between pupil size and AO-OCT image quality is not linear. A weak correlation is found between the signal-to-noise ratio of the wavefront sensor image and the image quality. Conclusions: The introduced AO-OCT image quality metric gives useful insights into the performance of such a system. A longitudinal assessment of this metric, together with wavefront sensor data, is essential to identify factors influencing image quality and, in the next step, to optimize the performance of AO-OCT systems.
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- Elisabeth Brunner
- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Wien, Austria; (E.B.); (W.D.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Wien, Austria; (L.K.); (A.P.)
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Wien, Austria; (E.B.); (W.D.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Wien, Austria; (L.K.); (A.P.)
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Wien, Austria; (E.B.); (W.D.)
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Kozlova EA, Mkrtchyan AA, Nazarov DA, Krasnikov DV, Nasibulin AG, Gladush YG, Tarabrin MK. Self-starting Cr 2+:ZnSe femtosecond laser with 200 nm continuous tuning and 96.5 nm bandwidth at 2.2 µm. OPTICS EXPRESS 2025; 33:2217-2226. [PMID: 39876376 DOI: 10.1364/oe.546589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2024] [Accepted: 12/17/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2025]
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High-resolution optical diagnostics in the short wavelength infrared (SWIR II) region have gained significant attention in medical research, showing great potential for tissue spectroscopy and visualization due to the region's low water absorption and scattering coefficients. However, high-beam-quality sources covering an entire spectral range are limited. This paper presents the development of a femtosecond Cr2+:ZnSe laser with a 2.2 µm center wavelength, a pulse duration of 60 fs, a spectral width of 96.5 nm, and an energy of 4.5 nJ. The resulting source is expected to enable spectroscopy and the optical coherence tomography system for diagnosing collagen-rich tissues.
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Brunner E, Kunze L, Laidlaw V, Jodlbauer D, Drexler W, Ramlau R, Pollreisz A, Pircher M. Improvements on speed, stability and field of view in adaptive optics OCT for anterior retinal imaging using a pyramid wavefront sensor. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2024; 15:6098-6116. [PMID: 39421790 PMCID: PMC11482182 DOI: 10.1364/boe.533451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2024] [Revised: 08/19/2024] [Accepted: 08/19/2024] [Indexed: 10/19/2024]
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We present improvements on the adaptive optics (AO) correction method using a pyramid wavefront sensor (P-WFS) and introduce a novel approach for closed-loop focus shifting in retinal imaging. The method's efficacy is validated through in vivo adaptive optics optical coherence tomography (AO-OCT) imaging in both, healthy individuals and patients with diabetic retinopathy. In both study groups, a stable focusing on the anterior retinal layers is achieved. We further report on an improvement in AO loop speed that can be used to expand the imaging area of AO-OCT in the slow scanning direction, largely independent of the eye's isoplanatic patch. Our representative AO-OCT data reveal microstructural details of the neurosensory retina such as vessel walls and microglia cells that are visualized in single volume data and over an extended field of view. The excellent performance of the P-WFS based AO-OCT imaging in patients suggests good clinical applicability of this technology.
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- Elisabeth Brunner
- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical
Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Wien, Austria
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Wien, Austria
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- Johannes Kepler University Linz, Industrial Mathematics Institute, Altenbergerstraße 69, A-4040 Linz, Austria
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- Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, Altenbergerstraße 69, A-4040 Linz, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical
Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Wien, Austria
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- Johannes Kepler University Linz, Industrial Mathematics Institute, Altenbergerstraße 69, A-4040 Linz, Austria
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Wien, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical
Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Wien, Austria
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Iyer RR, Yang L, Sorrells JE, Chaney EJ, Spillman DR, Boppart SA. Dispersion mismatch correction for evident chromatic anomaly in low coherence interferometry. APL PHOTONICS 2024; 9:076114. [PMID: 39072189 PMCID: PMC11273218 DOI: 10.1063/5.0207414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
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The applications of ultrafast optics to biomedical microscopy have expanded rapidly in recent years, including interferometric techniques like optical coherence tomography and microscopy (OCT/OCM). The advances of ultra-high resolution OCT and the inclusion of OCT/OCM in multimodal systems combined with multiphoton microscopy have marked a transition from using pseudo-continuous broadband sources, such as superluminescent diodes, to ultrafast supercontinuum optical sources. We report anomalies in the dispersion profiles of low-coherence ultrafast pulses through long and non-identical arms of a Michelson interferometer that are well beyond group delay or third-order dispersions. This chromatic anomaly worsens the observed axial resolution and causes fringe artifacts in the reconstructed tomograms in OCT/OCM using traditional algorithms. We present DISpersion COmpensation Techniques for Evident Chromatic Anomalies (DISCOTECA) as a universal solution to address the problem of chromatic dispersion mismatch in interferometry, especially with ultrafast sources. First, we demonstrate the origin of these artifacts through the self-phase modulation of ultrafast pulses due to focusing elements in the beam path. Next, we present three solution paradigms for DISCOTECA: optical, optoelectronic, and computational, along with quantitative comparisons to traditional methods to highlight the improvements to the dynamic range and axial profile. We explain the piecewise reconstruction of the phase mismatch between the arms of the spectral-domain interferometer using a modified short-term Fourier transform algorithm inspired by spectroscopic OCT. Finally, we present a decision-making guide for evaluating the utility of DISCOTECA in interferometry and for the artifact-free reconstruction of OCT images using an ultrafast supercontinuum source for biomedical applications.
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- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: . Tel.: (217) 244-7479
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Qiao Z, Huang Y, Hao Q. Multi-shaping sparse-continuous reconstruction for an optical coherence tomography sidelobe suppression. OPTICS LETTERS 2023; 48:5679-5682. [PMID: 37910732 DOI: 10.1364/ol.501670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) images are commonly affected by sidelobe artifacts due to spectral non-uniformity and spectral leakage. Conventional frequency domain spectral shaping methods widen the mainlobe and compromise axial resolution. While image-domain deconvolution techniques can address the trade-off between axial resolution and artifact suppression, their reconstruction quality relies on accurate measurement or estimation of system point spread function (PSF). Inaccurate PSF estimation leads to loss of details in the reconstructed images. In this Letter, we introduce multi-shaping sparse-continuous reconstruction (MSSCR) for an OCT image, a novel, to the best of our knowledge, framework that combines spectral multi-shaping and iterative image reconstruction with sparse-continuous priors. The MSSCR achieves sidelobe suppression without requiring any PSF measurement or estimation and effectively preserving the axial resolution. The experimental results demonstrate that the MSSCR achieves sidelobe suppression of more than 8 dB. We believe that the MSSCR holds potential for addressing sidelobe artifacts in OCT.
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Kang YG, Canoy RJE, Jang Y, Santos ARMP, Son I, Kim BM, Park Y. Optical coherence microscopy with a split-spectrum image reconstruction method for temporal-dynamics contrast-based imaging of intracellular motility. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 14:577-592. [PMID: 36874497 PMCID: PMC9979675 DOI: 10.1364/boe.478264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Biomedical researchers use optical coherence microscopy (OCM) for its high resolution in real-time label-free tomographic imaging. However, OCM lacks bioactivity-related functional contrast. We developed an OCM system that can measure changes in intracellular motility (indicating cellular process states) via pixel-wise calculations of intensity fluctuations from metabolic activity of intracellular components. To reduce image noise, the source spectrum is split into five using Gaussian windows with 50% of the full bandwidth. The technique verified that F-actin fiber inhibition by Y-27632 reduces intracellular motility. This finding could be used to search for other intracellular-motility-associated therapeutic strategies for cardiovascular diseases.
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- Yong Guk Kang
- BK21 Four Institute of Precision Public Health, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Biomicro System Technology, College of Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- BK21 Four Institute of Precision Public Health, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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Merkle CW, Augustin M, Harper DJ, Glösmann M, Baumann B. Degeneration of Melanin-Containing Structures Observed Longitudinally in the Eyes of SOD1-/- Mice Using Intensity, Polarization, and Spectroscopic OCT. Transl Vis Sci Technol 2022; 11:28. [PMID: 36259678 PMCID: PMC9587514 DOI: 10.1167/tvst.11.10.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Purpose Melanin plays an important function in maintaining eye health, however there are few metrics that can be used to study retinal melanin content in vivo. Methods The slope of the spectral coefficient of variation (SSCoV) is a novel biomarker that measures chromophore concentration by analyzing the local divergence of spectral intensities using optical coherence tomography (OCT). This metric was validated in a phantom and applied in a longitudinal study of superoxide dismutase 1 knockout (SOD1−/−) mice, a model for wet and dry age-related macular degeneration. We also examined a new feature of interest in standard OCT image data, the ratio of maximum intensity in the retinal pigment epithelium to that of the choroid (RC ratio). These new biomarkers were supported by polarization-sensitive OCT and histological analysis. Results SSCoV correlated well with depolarization metrics both in phantom and in vivo with both metrics decreasing more rapidly in SOD1−/− mice with age (P < 0.05). This finding is correlated with reduced melanin pigmentation in the choroid over time. The RC ratio clearly differentiated the SOD1−/− and control groups (P < 0.0005) irrespective of time and may indicate lower retinal pigment epithelium melanin in the SOD1−/− mice. Histological analysis showed decreased melanin content and potential differences in melanin granule shape in SOD1−/− mice. Conclusions SSCoV and RC ratio biomarkers provided insights into the changes of retinal melanin in the SOD1−/− model longitudinally and noninvasively. Translational Relevance These biomarkers were designed with the potential for rapid adoption by existing clinical OCT systems without requiring new hardware.
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- Conrad W Merkle
- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Core Facility for Research and Technology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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Chen H, Li Y, Huang D, Shi Y, Li F, Lu C, Wai PKA. Highly coherent, flat, and broadband time-stretched swept source based on extra-cavity spectral shaping assisted by a booster semiconductor optical amplifier. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:33708-33720. [PMID: 36242399 DOI: 10.1364/oe.468042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We demonstrate a flat broadband time-stretched swept source based on extra-cavity spectral shaping. By adjusting the polarization-dependent gain profile and driving current of the booster optical amplifier (BOA), extra-cavity spectral shaping is optimized to generate output with a 1-dB bandwidth of ∼100 nm, 3-dB bandwidth of ∼140 nm and output power of ∼21.4 mW. The short-term and long-term stabilities are characterized. The average cross correlation of 183,485 round trips is 0.9997 with a standard deviation of 2×10-5, indicating high single-shot spectral similarity and high coherence. The noise floor of relative spectral energy jitter is -141.7 dB/Hz, indicating a high short-term spectral energy stability. The proposed highly stable flat broadband time-stretched swept source is applied to an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. The axial resolution is 10.8 µm. The proposed swept source can serve as excellent light sources in ultra-fast coherent detection systems for high precision sensing and imaging.
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Harper DJ, Vakoc BJ. Relationship between axial resolution and signal-to-noise ratio in optical coherence tomography. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:1517-1520. [PMID: 35290353 PMCID: PMC8958905 DOI: 10.1364/ol.449421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In optical coherence tomography (OCT), axial resolution and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) are typically viewed as uncoupled parameters. We show that this is true only for mirror-like surfaces and that in diffuse scattering samples such as biological tissues there is an inherent coupling between axial resolution and measurement SNR. We explain the origin of this coupling and demonstrate that it can be used to achieve increased imaging penetration depth at the expense of resolution. Finally, we argue that this coupling should be considered during OCT system design processes that seek to balance the competing needs of resolution, sensitivity, and system/source complexity.
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- Danielle J. Harper
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 40 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 40 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Kho AM, Srinivasan VJ. Proactive spectrometer matching for excess noise suppression in balanced visible light optical coherence tomography (OCT). OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29. [PMCID: PMC8970694 DOI: 10.1364/oe.439919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Supercontinuum sources for visible light spectral domain OCT (SDOCT) are noisy and often expensive. Balanced detection can reduce excess noise, but is rarely used in SDOCT. Here, we show that balanced detection can achieve effective excess noise cancellation across all depths if two linear array spectrometers are spectrally well-matched. We propose excess noise correlation matrices as tools to achieve such precise spectral matching. Using optomechanical adjustments, while monitoring noise correlations, we proactively match wavelength sampling of two different spectrometers to just a few picometers in wavelength, or 0.001% of the overall spectral range. We show that proactively-matched spectrometers can achieve an excess noise suppression of more than two orders-of-magnitude in balanced visible light OCT, outperforming simple retrospective software calibration of mismatched spectrometers. High noise suppression enables visible light OCT of the mouse retina at 70 kHz with 125 microwatts incident power, with an inexpensive, 30 MHz repetition rate supercontinuum source. Averaged images resolve the retinal pigment epithelium in a highly pigmented mouse strain.
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- Aaron M. Kho
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of California Davis, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California 96817, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York 10017, USA
- Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York 10016, USA
- Tech4Health Institute, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York 10010, USA
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de Wit J, Angelopoulos K, Kalkman J, Glentis GO. Fast and accurate spectral-estimation axial super-resolution optical coherence tomography. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:39946-39966. [PMID: 34809348 DOI: 10.1364/oe.439761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Spectral-estimation OCT (SE-OCT) is a computational method to enhance the axial resolution beyond the traditional bandwidth limit. However, it has not yet been used widely due to its high computational load, dependency on user-optimized parameters, and inaccuracy in intensity reconstruction. In this study, we implement SE-OCT using a fast implementation of the iterative adaptive approach (IAA). This non-parametric spectral estimation method is optimized for use on OCT data. Both in simulations and experiments we show an axial resolution improvement with a factor between 2 and 10 compared to standard discrete Fourier transform. Contrary to parametric methods, IAA gives consistent peak intensity and speckle statistics. Using a recursive and fast reconstruction scheme the computation time is brought to the sub-second level for a 2D scan. Our work shows that SE-OCT can be used for volumetric OCT imaging in a reasonable computation time, thus paving the way for wide-scale implementation of super-resolution OCT.
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Lichtenegger A, Salas M, Sing A, Duelk M, Licandro R, Gesperger J, Baumann B, Drexler W, Leitgeb RA. Reconstruction of visible light optical coherence tomography images retrieved from discontinuous spectral data using a conditional generative adversarial network. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 12:6780-6795. [PMID: 34858680 PMCID: PMC8606123 DOI: 10.1364/boe.435124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Achieving high resolution in optical coherence tomography typically requires the continuous extension of the spectral bandwidth of the light source. This work demonstrates an alternative approach: combining two discrete spectral windows located in the visible spectrum with a trained conditional generative adversarial network (cGAN) to reconstruct a high-resolution image equivalent to that generated using a continuous spectral band. The cGAN was trained using OCT image pairs acquired with the continuous and discontinuous visible range spectra to learn the relation between low- and high-resolution data. The reconstruction performance was tested using 6000 B-scans of a layered phantom, micro-beads and ex-vivo mouse ear tissue. The resultant cGAN-generated images demonstrate an image quality and axial resolution which approaches that of the high-resolution system.
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- Antonia Lichtenegger
- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Optical Imaging and Its Translation to Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- These authors contributed equally
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Optical Imaging and Its Translation to Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- These authors contributed equally
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of and Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Computational Imaging Research, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, Computer Vision Lab, TU Wien, Austria
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- Division of Neuropathology and Neurochemistry, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Optical Imaging and Its Translation to Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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Ling Y, Wang M, Yao X, Gan Y, Schmetterer L, Zhou C, Su Y. Effect of spectral leakage on the image formation of Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:6394-6397. [PMID: 33258820 DOI: 10.1364/ol.404654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We report on the investigation of spectral leakage's impact on the reconstruction of Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT). We discuss the shift-variant nature introduced by the spectral leakage and develop a novel spatial-domain FD-OCT image formation model. A proof-of-concept phantom experiment is conducted to validate our model. Compared with previous models, the proposed framework could better describe the image formation process, especially when the fineness of the axial structure approaches the theoretical resolution limit.
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Martell MT, Haven NJM, Zemp RJ. Multimodal imaging with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:4859-4862. [PMID: 32870876 DOI: 10.1364/ol.398940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We develop a multimodal imaging platform, combining depth-resolved scattering contrast from spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) with complementary, non-contact absorption contrast using photoacoustic remote sensing (PARS) microscopy. The system provides a widefield OCT mode using a telecentric scan lens, and a high-resolution, dual-contrast mode using a 0.26 numerical aperture apochromatic objective. An interlaced acquisition approach is used to achieve simultaneous, co-registered imaging. The SD-OCT modality provides a 9.7 µm axial resolution. Comprehensive in vivo imaging of a nude mouse ear is demonstrated, with the SD-OCT scattering intensity revealing dermal morphology, and PARS microscopy providing a map of microvasculature.
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Eugui P, Harper DJ, Kummer S, Lichtenegger A, Gesperger J, Himmel T, Augustin M, Merkle CW, Glösmann M, Baumann B. Three-dimensional visualization of opacifications in the murine crystalline lens by in vivo optical coherence tomography. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 11:2085-2097. [PMID: 32341868 PMCID: PMC7173898 DOI: 10.1364/boe.387335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Diagnostic classification techniques used to diagnose cataracts, the world's leading cause of blindness, are currently based on subjective methods. Here, we present optical coherence tomography as a noninvasive tool for volumetric visualization of lesions formed in the crystalline lens. A custom-made swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) system was utilized to investigate the murine crystalline lens. In addition to imaging cataractous lesions in aged wildtype mice, we studied the structure and shape of cataracts in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Hyperscattering opacifications in the crystalline lens were observed in both groups. Post mortem histological analysis were performed to correlate findings in the anterior and posterior part of the lens to 3D OCT in vivo imaging. Our results showcase the capability of OCT to rapidly visualize cataractous lesions in the murine lens and suggest that OCT might be a valuable tool that provides additional insight for preclinical studies of cataract formation.
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- Pablo Eugui
- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Core Facility for Research and Technology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- Division of Neuropathology and Neurochemistry, Department of Neurology of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Core Facility for Research and Technology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Core Facility for Research and Technology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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Baumann B, Augustin M, Lichtenegger A, Harper D, Muck M, Eugui P, Wartak A, Pircher M, Hitzenberger C. Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography imaging of the anterior mouse eye. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2018; 23:1-12. [PMID: 30168301 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.23.8.086005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 08/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) enables noninvasive, high-resolution imaging of tissue polarization properties. In the anterior segments of human eyes, PS-OCT allows the visualization of birefringent and depolarizing structures. We present the use of PS-OCT for imaging the murine anterior eye. Using a spectral domain PS-OCT setup operating in the 840-nm regime, we performed in vivo volumetric imaging in anesthetized C57BL/6 mice. The polarization properties of murine anterior eye structures largely replicated those known from human PS-OCT imagery, suggesting that the mouse eye may also serve as a model system under polarization contrast. However, dissimilarities were found in the depolarizing structure of the iris which, as we confirmed in postmortem histological sections, were caused by anatomical differences between both species. In addition to the imaging of tissues in the anterior chamber and the iridocorneal angle, we demonstrate longitudinal PS-OCT imaging of the murine anterior segment during mydriasis as well as birefringence imaging of corneal pathology in an aged mouse.
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- Medizinische Univ. Wien, Austria
- Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien, Austria
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Lichtenegger A, Muck M, Eugui P, Harper DJ, Augustin M, Leskovar K, Hitzenberger CK, Woehrer A, Baumann B. Assessment of pathological features in Alzheimer's disease brain tissue with a large field-of-view visible-light optical coherence microscope. NEUROPHOTONICS 2018; 5:035002. [PMID: 30137880 PMCID: PMC6057230 DOI: 10.1117/1.nph.5.3.035002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We implemented a wide field-of-view visible-light optical coherence microscope (OCM) for investigating ex-vivo brain tissue of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and of a mouse model of AD. A submicrometer axial resolution in tissue was achieved using a broad visible light spectrum. The use of various objective lenses enabled reaching micrometer transversal resolution and the acquisition of images of microscopic brain features, such as cell structures, vessels, and white matter tracts. Amyloid-beta plaques in the range of 10 to 70 μ m were visualized. Large field-of-view images of young and old mouse brain sections were imaged using an automated x - y - z stage. The plaque load was characterized, revealing an age-related increase. Human brain tissue affected by cerebral amyloid angiopathy was investigated and hyperscattering structures resembling amyloid beta accumulations in the vessel walls were identified. All results were in good agreement with histology. A comparison of plaque features in both human and mouse brain tissue was performed, revealing an increase in plaque load and a decrease in reflectivity for mouse as compared with human brain tissue. Based on the promising outcome of our experiments, visible light OCM might be a powerful tool for investigating microscopic features in ex-vivo brain tissue.
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- Antonia Lichtenegger
- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Vienna, Austria
- General Hospital and Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Neurology, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Vienna, Austria
- Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Vienna, Austria
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- General Hospital and Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Neurology, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Vienna, Austria
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Eugui P, Lichtenegger A, Augustin M, Harper DJ, Muck M, Roetzer T, Wartak A, Konegger T, Widhalm G, Hitzenberger CK, Woehrer A, Baumann B. Beyond backscattering: optical neuroimaging by BRAD. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 9:2476-2494. [PMID: 30258667 PMCID: PMC6154182 DOI: 10.1364/boe.9.002476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a powerful technology for rapid volumetric imaging in biomedicine. The bright field imaging approach of conventional OCT systems is based on the detection of directly backscattered light, thereby waiving the wealth of information contained in the angular scattering distribution. Here we demonstrate that the unique features of few-mode fibers (FMF) enable simultaneous bright and dark field (BRAD) imaging for OCT. As backscattered light is picked up by the different modes of a FMF depending upon the angular scattering pattern, we obtain access to the directional scattering signatures of different tissues by decoupling illumination and detection paths. We exploit the distinct modal propagation properties of the FMF in concert with the long coherence lengths provided by modern wavelength-swept lasers to achieve multiplexing of the different modal responses into a combined OCT tomogram. We demonstrate BRAD sensing for distinguishing differently sized microparticles and showcase the performance of BRAD-OCT imaging with enhanced contrast for ex vivo tumorous tissue in glioblastoma and neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's disease.
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- Pablo Eugui
- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
- Institute of Neurology, General Hospital and Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
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- Institute of Neurology, General Hospital and Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
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- Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, TU Wien, Vienna,
Austria
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- Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital and Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
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- Institute of Neurology, General Hospital and Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
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Braaf B, Donner S, Nam AS, Bouma BE, Vakoc BJ. Complex differential variance angiography with noise-bias correction for optical coherence tomography of the retina. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 9:486-506. [PMID: 29552388 PMCID: PMC5854053 DOI: 10.1364/boe.9.000486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Revised: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Complex differential variance (CDV) provides phase-sensitive angiographic imaging for optical coherence tomography (OCT) with immunity to phase-instabilities of the imaging system and small-scale axial bulk motion. However, like all angiographic methods, measurement noise can result in erroneous indications of blood flow that confuse the interpretation of angiographic images. In this paper, a modified CDV algorithm that corrects for this noise-bias is presented. This is achieved by normalizing the CDV signal by analytically derived upper and lower limits. The noise-bias corrected CDV algorithm was implemented into an experimental 1 μm wavelength OCT system for retinal imaging that used an eye tracking scanner laser ophthalmoscope at 815 nm for compensation of lateral eye motions. The noise-bias correction improved the CDV imaging of the blood flow in tissue layers with a low signal-to-noise ratio and suppressed false indications of blood flow outside the tissue. In addition, the CDV signal normalization suppressed noise induced by galvanometer scanning errors and small-scale lateral motion. High quality cross-section and motion-corrected en face angiograms of the retina and choroid are presented.
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- Boy Braaf
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Blossom St., Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, Max-Jarecki-Straße 8, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Blossom St., Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Blossom St., Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Blossom St., Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Chen Y, Fingler J, Fraser SE. Multi-shaping technique reduces sidelobe magnitude in optical coherence tomography. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 8:5267-5281. [PMID: 29188119 PMCID: PMC5695969 DOI: 10.1364/boe.8.005267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Revised: 10/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Shaping methods that are commonly used in Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) can suppress sidelobe artifacts in the axial direction, but they typically broaden the mainlobe of the point spread function (PSF) and reduce the axial resolution. To improve OCT image quality without this tradeoff, we have developed a multi-shaping technique that reduces the axial sidelobe magnitude dramatically and achieves better axial resolution than conventional shaping methods. This technique is robust and compatible in various FD-OCT imaging systems. Testing of multi-shaping in three experimental settings shows that it reduced the axial sidelobe contribution by more than 8 dB and improved the contrast to noise by at least 30% and up to three-fold. Multi-shaping enables accurate image analysis and is potentially useful in many OCT applications.
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- Yu Chen
- Translational Imaging Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Varocto Inc, 1586 N Batavia St., Orange, CA 92867, USA
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- Varocto Inc, 1586 N Batavia St., Orange, CA 92867, USA
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- Translational Imaging Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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Ni G, Liu L, Yu X, Ge X, Chen S, Liu X, Wang X, Chen S. Contrast enhancement of spectral domain optical coherence tomography using spectrum correction. Comput Biol Med 2017; 89:505-511. [PMID: 28898771 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2017.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Revised: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We report a spectrum correction method to enhance the image contrast of spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Our method treats SD-OCT signals as the product of harmonic signals backscattered from a sample comprising a series of discrete reflectors and a window corresponding to the light source spectrum. The method restores the magnitude of the main lobe of the axial point spread function (PSF) by estimating the magnitudes of the backscattered harmonic signals and strengthens OCT signals using these estimated values. Experimental results acquired from fresh rat corneas and fixed human aortic atherosclerosis tissues show that our method provides clearer microstructural information than the conventional methods by improving the contrast to noise ratios (CNRs) by 1.4779 dB and 3.2595 dB, respectively. This improved image quality is obtained without any hardware change, making our method a cost-effective alternative to compete with hardware advances.
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- Guangming Ni
- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No. 4, Section 2, North Jianshe Road, Chengdu, 610054, China; School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore.
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore; School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, China
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore
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de Boer JF, Leitgeb R, Wojtkowski M. Twenty-five years of optical coherence tomography: the paradigm shift in sensitivity and speed provided by Fourier domain OCT [Invited]. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 8:3248-3280. [PMID: 28717565 PMCID: PMC5508826 DOI: 10.1364/boe.8.003248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Revised: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become one of the most successful optical technologies implemented in medicine and clinical practice mostly due to the possibility of non-invasive and non-contact imaging by detecting back-scattered light. OCT has gone through a tremendous development over the past 25 years. From its initial inception in 1991 [Science254, 1178 (1991)] it has become an indispensable medical imaging technology in ophthalmology. Also in fields like cardiology and gastro-enterology the technology is envisioned to become a standard of care. A key contributor to the success of OCT has been the sensitivity and speed advantage offered by Fourier domain OCT. In this review paper the development of FD-OCT will be revisited, providing a single comprehensive framework to derive the sensitivity advantage of both SD- and SS-OCT. We point out the key aspects of the physics and the technology that has enabled a more than 2 orders of magnitude increase in sensitivity, and as a consequence an increase in the imaging speed without loss of image quality. This speed increase provided a paradigm shift from point sampling to comprehensive 3D in vivo imaging, whose clinical impact is still actively explored by a large number of researchers worldwide.
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- Johannes F. de Boer
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and LaserLaB Amsterdam, VU University, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Department of Ophthalmology, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Authors are listed in alphabetical order and contributed equally
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory OPTRAMED, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Authors are listed in alphabetical order and contributed equally
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- Physical Optics and Biophotonics Group, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
- Authors are listed in alphabetical order and contributed equally
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Lin NC, Hendon CP, Olson ES. Signal competition in optical coherence tomography and its relevance for cochlear vibrometry. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2017; 141:395. [PMID: 28147569 PMCID: PMC5849049 DOI: 10.1121/1.4973867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The usual technique for measuring vibration within the cochlear partition is heterodyne interferometry. Recently, spectral domain phase microscopy (SDPM) was introduced and offers improvements over standard heterodyne interferometry. In particular, it has a penetration depth of several mm due to working in the infrared range, has narrow and steep optical sectioning due to using a wideband light source, and is able to measure from several cochlear layers simultaneously. However, SDPM is susceptible to systematic error due to "phase leakage," in which the signal from one layer competes with the signal from other layers. Here, phase leakage is explored in vibration measurements in the cochlea and a model structure. The similarity between phase leakage and signal competition in heterodyne interferometry is demonstrated both experimentally and theoretically. Due to phase leakage, erroneous vibration amplitudes can be reported in regions of low reflectivity that are near structures of high reflectivity. When vibration amplitudes are greater than ∼0.1 of the light source wavelength, phase leakage can cause reported vibration waveforms to be distorted. To aid in the screening of phase leakage in experimental results, the error is plotted and discussed as a function of the important parameters of signal strength and vibration amplitude.
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- Nathan C Lin
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 500 West 120th Street, New York, New York 10025, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 500 West 120th Street, New York, New York 10025, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Yao X, Gan Y, Marboe CC, Hendon CP. Myocardial imaging using ultrahigh-resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2016; 21:61006. [PMID: 27001162 PMCID: PMC4814547 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.21.6.061006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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We present an ultrahigh-resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) system in 800 nm with a low-noise supercontinuum source (SC) optimized for myocardial imaging. The system was demonstrated to have an axial resolution of 2.72 μm with a large imaging depth of 1.78 mm and a 6-dB falloff range of 0.89 mm. The lateral resolution (5.52 μm) was compromised to enhance the image penetration required for myocardial imaging. The noise of the SC source was analyzed extensively and an imaging protocol was proposed for SC-based OCT imaging with appreciable contrast. Three-dimensional datasets were acquired ex vivo on the endocardium side of tissue specimens from different chambers of fresh human and swine hearts. With the increased resolution and contrast, features such as elastic fibers, Purkinje fibers, and collagen fiber bundles were observed. The correlation between the structural information revealed in the OCT images and tissue pathology was discussed as well.
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- Xinwen Yao
- Columbia University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 500 West 120th Street, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Columbia University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 500 West 120th Street, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, 630 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, United States
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- Columbia University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 500 West 120th Street, New York, New York 10027, United States
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Lawman S, Dong Y, Williams BM, Romano V, Kaye S, Harding SP, Willoughby C, Shen YC, Zheng Y. High resolution corneal and single pulse imaging with line field spectral domain optical coherence tomography. OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 24:12395-405. [PMID: 27410154 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.012395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We report the development of a Spectral Domain Line Field Optical Coherence Tomography (LF-OCT) system, using a broad bandwidth and spatial coherent Super-Continuum (SC) source. With conventional quasi-Continuous Wave (CW) setup we achieve axial resolutions up to 2.1 μm in air and 3D volume imaging speeds up to 213 kA-Scan/s. Furthermore, we report the use of a single SC pulse, of 2 ns duration, to temporally gate an OCT B-Scan image of 70 A-Scans. This is the equivalent of 35 GA-Scans/s. We apply the CW setup for high resolution imaging of the fine structures of a human cornea sample ex-vivo. The single pulse setup is applied to imaging of a coated pharmaceutical tablet. The fixed pattern noise due to spectral noise is removed by subtracting the median magnitude A-Scan. We also demonstrate that the Fourier phase can be used to remove aberration caused artefacts.
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Liu X, Chen S, Cui D, Yu X, Liu L. Spectral estimation optical coherence tomography for axial super-resolution. OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 23:26521-32. [PMID: 26480165 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.026521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The depth reflectivity profile of Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) is estimated from the inverse Fourier transform of the spectral interference signals (interferograms). As a result, the axial resolution is fundamentally limited by the coherence length of the light source. We demonstrate that using the autoregressive spectral estimation technique instead of the inverse Fourier transform, to analyze the spectral interferograms can improve the axial resolution. We name this method spectral estimation OCT (SE-OCT). SE-OCT breaks the coherence length limitation and improves the axial resolution by a factor of up to 4.7 compared with FD-OCT. Furthermore, SE-OCT provides complete sidelobe suppression in the depth point-spread function, further improving the image quality. We demonstrate that these technical advances enables clear identification of corneal endothelium anatomical details ex vivo that cannot be identified using the corresponding FD-OCT. Given that SE-OCT can be implemented in the FD-OCT devices without any hardware changes, the new capabilities provided by SE-OCT are likely to offer immediate improvements to the diagnosis and management of diseases based on OCT imaging.
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Cui D, Liu X, Zhang J, Yu X, Ding S, Luo Y, Gu J, Shum P, Liu L. Dual spectrometer system with spectral compounding for 1-μm optical coherence tomography in vivo. OPTICS LETTERS 2014; 39:6727-30. [PMID: 25490663 DOI: 10.1364/ol.39.006727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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1 μm axial resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) is demonstrated for in vivo cellular resolution imaging. Output of two superluminescent diode sources is combined to provide near infrared illumination from 755 to 1105 nm. The spectral interference is detected using two spectrometers based on a Si camera and an InGaAs camera, respectively. Spectra from the two spectrometers are combined to achieve an axial resolution of 1.27 μm in air. Imaging was conducted on zebra fish larvae to visualize cellular details.
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Arteaga-Sierra FR, Milián C, Torres-Gómez I, Torres-Cisneros M, Moltó G, Ferrando A. Supercontinuum optimization for dual-soliton based light sources using genetic algorithms in a grid platform. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:23686-23693. [PMID: 25321835 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.023686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We present a numerical strategy to design fiber based dual pulse light sources exhibiting two predefined spectral peaks in the anomalous group velocity dispersion regime. The frequency conversion is based on the soliton fission and soliton self-frequency shift occurring during supercontinuum generation. The optimization process is carried out by a genetic algorithm that provides the optimum input pulse parameters: wavelength, temporal width and peak power. This algorithm is implemented in a Grid platform in order to take advantage of distributed computing. These results are useful for optical coherence tomography applications where bell-shaped pulses located in the second near-infrared window are needed.
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Tsugita T, Iwai T. Optical coherence tomography using images of hair structure and dyes penetrating into the hair. Skin Res Technol 2014; 20:389-98. [DOI: 10.1111/srt.12129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Tetsuya Tsugita
- Skin Beauty Research Laboratories; Kao Corporation; Tokyo Japan
- Division of Bio-Applications and System Engineering (BASE); Graduate School of Engineering; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- Division of Bio-Applications and System Engineering (BASE); Graduate School of Engineering; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Tokyo Japan
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Braaf B, Vermeer KA, Sicam VADP, van Zeeburg E, van Meurs JC, de Boer JF. Phase-stabilized optical frequency domain imaging at 1-µm for the measurement of blood flow in the human choroid. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:20886-903. [PMID: 21997098 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.020886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) the measurement of interference fringes is not exactly reproducible due to small instabilities in the swept-source laser, the interferometer and the data-acquisition hardware. The resulting variation in wavenumber sampling makes phase-resolved detection and the removal of fixed-pattern noise challenging in OFDI. In this paper this problem is solved by a new post-processing method in which interference fringes are resampled to the exact same wavenumber space using a simultaneously recorded calibration signal. This method is implemented in a high-speed (100 kHz) high-resolution (6.5 µm) OFDI system at 1-µm and is used for the removal of fixed-pattern noise artifacts and for phase-resolved blood flow measurements in the human choroid. The system performed close to the shot-noise limit (<1dB) with a sensitivity of 99.1 dB for a 1.7 mW sample arm power. Suppression of fixed-pattern noise artifacts is shown up to 39.0 dB which effectively removes all artifacts from the OFDI-images. The clinical potential of the system is shown by the detection of choroidal blood flow in a healthy volunteer and the detection of tissue reperfusion in a patient after a retinal pigment epithelium and choroid transplantation.
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- Boy Braaf
- Rotterdam Ophthalmic Institute, Schiedamse Vest 160, 3011 BH Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Hofer B, Povazay B, Hermann B, Rey SM, Kajić V, Tumlinson A, Powell K, Matz G, Drexler W. Artefact reduction for cell migration visualization using spectral domain optical coherence tomography. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2011; 4:355-367. [PMID: 21520429 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201000109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2010] [Revised: 12/17/2010] [Accepted: 12/19/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Visualization of cell migration during chemotaxis using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) requires non-standard processing techniques. Stripe artefacts and camera noise floor present in OCT data prevent detailed computer-assisted reconstruction and quantification of cell locomotion. Furthermore, imaging artefacts lead to unreliable results in automated texture based cell analysis. Here we characterize three pronounced artefacts that become visible when imaging sample structures with high dynamic range, e.g. cultured cells: (i) time-varying fixed-pattern noise; (ii) stripe artefacts generated by background estimation using tomogram averaging; (iii) image modulations due to spectral shaping. We evaluate techniques to minimize the above mentioned artefacts using an 800 nm optical coherence microscope. Effect of artefact reduction is shown exemplarily on two cell cultures, i.e. Dictyostelium on nitrocellulose substrate, and retinal ganglion cells (RGC-5) cultured on a glass coverslip. Retinal imaging also profits from the proposed processing techniques.
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- Bernd Hofer
- Center of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Xi P, Mei K, Bräuler T, Zhou C, Ren Q. Evaluation of spectrometric parameters in spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. APPLIED OPTICS 2011; 50:366-372. [PMID: 21263736 DOI: 10.1364/ao.50.000366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The parameters of the spectrometer were analyzed in order to optimize the performance of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Because probing depth is proportional to spectral resolution, it can be increased with the choice of a higher resolution spectrometer, which implies greater pixel numbers and lower imaging speed, or by sacrificing part of the spectrum, which compromises the axial resolution and side lobes. With a dynamic range of 8 bits or more, the signal-to-noise ratio remains constant for different noise levels. The results were verified experimentally with in vivo retinal SD-OCT imaging.
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- Peng Xi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing 100871, China.
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Moon S, Lee SW, Chen Z. Reference spectrum extraction and fixed-pattern noise removal in optical coherence tomography. OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 18:24395-404. [PMID: 21164786 PMCID: PMC3100290 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.024395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2010] [Revised: 10/15/2010] [Accepted: 10/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We present a new signal processing method that extracts the reference spectrum information from an acquired optical coherence tomography (OCT) image without a separate calibration step of reference spectrum measurement. The reference spectrum is used to remove the fixed-pattern noise that is a characteristic artifact of Fourier-domain OCT schemes. It was found that the conventional approach based on an averaged spectrum, or mean spectrum, is prone to be influenced by the high-amplitude data points whose statistical distribution is hardly randomized. Thus, the conventional mean-spectrum subtraction method cannot completely eliminate the artifact but may leave residual horizontal lines in the final image. This problem was avoided by utilizing an advanced statistical analysis tool of the median A-line. The reference A-line was obtained by taking a complex median of each horizontal-line data. As an optional method of high-speed calculation, we also propose a minimum-variance mean A-line that can be calculated from an image by a collection of mean A-line values taken from a horizontal segment whose complex variance of the data points is the minimum. By comparing the images processed by those methods, it was found that our new processing schemes of the median-line subtraction and the minimum-variance mean-line subtraction successfully suppressed the fixed-pattern noise. The inverse Fourier transform of the obtained reference A-line well matched the reference spectrum obtained by a physical measurement as well.
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- Sucbei Moon
- Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92612,
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- Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92612,
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- Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92612,
USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697,
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Kang JU, Han JH, Liu X, Zhang K, Song CG, Gehlbach P. Endoscopic Functional Fourier Domain Common Path Optical Coherence Tomography for Microsurgery. IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS : A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS SOCIETY 2010; 16:781-792. [PMID: 22899880 PMCID: PMC3418670 DOI: 10.1109/jstqe.2009.2031597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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A single-arm interferometer based optical coherence tomography (OCT) system known as common-path OCT (CPOCT) is rapidly progressing towards practical application. Due in part to the simplicity and robustness of its design, Fourier Domain CPOCT (FD-CP-OCT) offers advantages in many endoscopic sensing and imaging applications. FD-CP-OCT uses simple, interchangeable fiber optic probes that are easily integrated into small and delicate surgical tools. The system is capable of providing not only high resolution imaging but also optical sensing. Here, we report progress towards practical application of FD-CP-OCT in the setting of delicate microsurgical procedures such as intraocular retinal surgery. To meet the challenges presented by the microsurgical requirements of these procedures, we have developed and initiated the validation of applicable fiber optic probes. By integrating these probes into our developing imaging system, we have obtained high resolution OCT images and have also completed a demonstration of their potential sensing capabilities. Specifically, we utilize multiple SLEDs to demonstrate sub 3-micron axial resolution in water; we propose a technique to quantitatively evaluate the spatial distribution of oxygen saturation levels in tissue; and we present evidence supportive of the technology's surface sensing and tool guidance potential by demonstrating topological and motion compensation capabilities.
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- Jin U Kang
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA (phone: 410-516-8186; fax: 410-516-5566; )
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Wang Y, Liang Y, Xu K. Signal processing for sidelobe suppression in optical coherence tomography images. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2010; 27:415-421. [PMID: 20208930 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.27.000415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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In an optical coherence tomography system, the sidelobes of the point-spread function (PSF) introduced from the optical source reduce the A-scan imaging resolution and contrast of the images. A gradual iterative signal subtraction method based on the study of a point signal influenced by other points with different distances through the PSF is proposed in this paper. Comparing with the CLEAN algorithm and two typical deconvolution methods, the processed results demonstrate this algorithm can reduce sidelobes effectively with the least runtime. It is also found that it is insensitive to noise while slightly improving the longitudinal resolution, which shows this algorithm is good for improving image quality.
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- Yingli Wang
- Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Information Science and Technology, Education Ministry of China, Tianjin 300071, China
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Hariri S, Moayed AA, Dracopoulos A, Hyun C, Boyd S, Bizheva K. Limiting factors to the OCT axial resolution for in-vivo imaging of human and rodent retina in the 1060 nm wavelength range. OPTICS EXPRESS 2009; 17:24304-16. [PMID: 20052141 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.024304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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A computational model was developed to evaluate the limitations to the highest axial resolution, achievable with ultrahigh resolution optical coherence tomography (UHROCT) in the 1060 nm wavelength region for in-vivo imaging of the human and rodent retina. The model considers parameters such as the wavelength dependent water absorption, the average length of the human and rodent eyes, and the power limitations for the imaging beam as defined in the ANSI standard. A custom-built light source with re-shaped spectrum was used to verify experimentally the results from the computational model. Axial OCT resolution of 4.2 microm and 7.7 microm was measured from a mirror reflection with the custom light source by propagating the imaging beam through water cells with 5 mm and 25 mm thickness, corresponding to the average axial length of the rodent and human eye respectively. Assuming an average refractive index of 1.38 for retinal tissue, the expected axial OCT resolution in the rodent and human retina is 3 microm and 5.7 microm respectively. Retinal tomograms acquired in-vivo from the rat eye with the modified light source show clear visualization of all intraretinal layers, as well as a network of capillaries (approximately 10 microm in diameter) in the inner- and outer plexiform layers of the retina.
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- Sepideh Hariri
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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Optical coherence tomography phase measurement of transient changes in squid giant axons during activity. J Membr Biol 2009; 231:35-46. [PMID: 19806385 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-009-9202-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2009] [Accepted: 09/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Noncontact optical measurements reveal that transient changes in squid giant axons are associated with action potential propagation and altered under different environmental (i.e., temperature) and physiological (i.e., ionic concentrations) conditions. Using a spectral-domain optical coherence tomography system, which produces real-time cross-sectional images of the axon in a nerve chamber, axonal surfaces along a depth profile are monitored. Differential phase analyses show transient changes around the membrane on a millisecond timescale, and the response is coincident with the arrival of the action potential at the optical measurement area. Cooling the axon slows the electrical and optical responses and increases the magnitude of the transient signals. Increasing the NaCl concentration bathing the axon, whose diameter is decreased in the hypertonic solution, results in significantly larger transient signals during action potential propagation. While monophasic and biphasic behaviors are observed, biphasic behavior dominates the results. The initial phase detected was constant for a single location but alternated for different locations; therefore, these transient signals acquired around the membrane appear to have local characteristics.
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Hendargo HC, Zhao M, Shepherd N, Izatt JA. Synthetic wavelength based phase unwrapping in spectral domain optical coherence tomography. OPTICS EXPRESS 2009; 17:5039-51. [PMID: 19333265 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.005039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Phase sensing implementations of spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) have demonstrated the ability to measure nanometer-scale temporal and spatial profiles of samples. However, the phase information suffers from a 2pi ambiguity that limits observations of larger sample displacements to lengths less than half the source center wavelength. We introduce a synthetic wavelength phase unwrapping technique in SDOCT that uses spectral windowing and corrects the 2pi ambiguity, providing accurate measurements of sample motion with information gained from standard SDOCT processing. We demonstrate this technique by using a common path implementation of SDOCT and correctly measure phase profiles from a phantom phase object and human epithelial cheek cells which produce multiple wrapping artifacts. Using a synthetic wavelength for phase unwrapping could prove useful in Doppler or other phase based implementations of OCT.
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- Hansford C Hendargo
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
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Elsner AE, Muller MS. Laser applications and system considerations in ocular imaging. LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS 2008; 2:350-376. [PMID: 21052482 PMCID: PMC2967783 DOI: 10.1002/lpor.200810015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2008] [Accepted: 06/20/2008] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We review laser applications for primarily in vivo ocular imaging techniques, describing their constraints based on biological tissue properties, safety, and the performance of the imaging system. We discuss the need for cost effective sources with practical wavelength tuning capabilities for spectral studies. Techniques to probe the pathological changes of layers beneath the highly scattering retina and diagnose the onset of various eye diseases are described. The recent development of several optical coherence tomography based systems for functional ocular imaging is reviewed, as well as linear and nonlinear ocular imaging techniques performed with ultrafast lasers, emphasizing recent source developments and methods to enhance imaging contrast.
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- Ann E Elsner
- Indiana University School of Optometry Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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Potsaid B, Gorczynska I, Srinivasan VJ, Chen Y, Jiang J, Cable A, Fujimoto JG. Ultrahigh speed spectral / Fourier domain OCT ophthalmic imaging at 70,000 to 312,500 axial scans per second. OPTICS EXPRESS 2008; 16:15149-69. [PMID: 18795054 PMCID: PMC2743204 DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.015149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We demonstrate ultrahigh speed spectral / Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) using an ultrahigh speed CMOS line scan camera at rates of 70,000 - 312,500 axial scans per second. Several design configurations are characterized to illustrate trade-offs between acquisition speed, resolution, imaging range, sensitivity and sensitivity roll-off performance. Ultrahigh resolution OCT with 2.5 - 3.0 micron axial image resolution is demonstrated at approximately 100,000 axial scans per second. A high resolution spectrometer design improves sensitivity roll-off and imaging range performance, trading off imaging speed to 70,000 axial scans per second. Ultrahigh speed imaging at >300,000 axial scans per second with standard image resolution is also demonstrated. Ophthalmic OCT imaging of the normal human retina is investigated. The high acquisition speeds enable dense raster scanning to acquire densely sampled volumetric three dimensional OCT (3D-OCT) data sets of the macula and optic disc with minimal motion artifacts. Imaging with approximately 8 - 9 micron axial resolution at 250,000 axial scans per second, a 512 x 512 x 400 voxel volumetric 3D-OCT data set can be acquired in only approximately 1.3 seconds. Orthogonal registration scans are used to register OCT raster scans and remove residual axial eye motion, resulting in 3D-OCT data sets which preserve retinal topography. Rapid repetitive imaging over small volumes can visualize small retinal features without motion induced distortions and enables volume registration to remove eye motion. Cone photoreceptors in some regions of the retina can be visualized without adaptive optics or active eye tracking. Rapid repetitive imaging of 3D volumes also provides dynamic volumetric information (4D-OCT) which is shown to enhance visualization of retinal capillaries and should enable functional imaging. Improvements in the speed and performance of 3D-OCT volumetric imaging promise to enable earlier diagnosis and improved monitoring of disease progression and response to therapy in ophthalmology, as well as have a wide range of research and clinical applications in other areas.
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- Benjamin Potsaid
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Advanced Imaging Group Thorlabs, Inc., Newton, NJ 07860
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
- New England Eye Center and Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, MA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
- New England Eye Center and Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, MA
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- Advanced Imaging Group Thorlabs, Inc., Newton, NJ 07860
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- Advanced Imaging Group Thorlabs, Inc., Newton, NJ 07860
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
- New England Eye Center and Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, MA
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Srinivasan VJ, Monson BK, Wojtkowski M, Bilonick RA, Gorczynska I, Chen R, Duker JS, Schuman JS, Fujimoto JG. Characterization of outer retinal morphology with high-speed, ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008; 49:1571-9. [PMID: 18385077 PMCID: PMC2846094 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To visualize, quantitatively assess, and interpret outer retinal morphology by using high-speed, ultrahigh-resolution (UHR) OCT. METHODS Retinal imaging was performed in the ophthalmic clinic in a cross-section of 43 normal subjects with a 3.5-microm, axial-resolution, high-speed, UHR OCT prototype instrument, using a radial scan pattern (24 images, 1500 axial scans). Outer retinal layers were automatically segmented and measured. High-definition imaging was performed with a 2.8-microm axial-resolution, high-speed, UHR OCT research prototype instrument, to visualize the finer features in the outer retina. RESULTS Quantitative maps of outer retinal layers showed clear differences between the cone-dominated fovea and the rod-dominated parafovea and perifovea, indicating that photoreceptor morphology can explain the appearance of the outer retina in high-speed, UHR OCT images. Finer, scattering bands were visualized in the outer retina using high-definition imaging and were interpreted by comparison to known anatomy. CONCLUSIONS High-speed UHR OCT enables quantification of scattering layers in the outer retina. An interpretation of these features is presented and supported by quantitative measurements in normal subjects and comparison with known anatomy. The thick scattering region of the outer retina previously attributed to the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is shown to consist of distinct scattering bands corresponding to the photoreceptor outer segment tips, RPE, and Bruch's membrane. These results may advance understanding of the outer retinal appearance in OCT images. The normative measurements may also aid in future investigations of outer retinal changes in age-related macular degeneration and other diseases.
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- Vivek J. Srinivasan
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- New England Eye Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- New England Eye Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- UPMC Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- New England Eye Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- New England Eye Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- New England Eye Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- UPMC Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Wang H, Jenkins MW, Rollins AM. A Combined Multiple-SLED Broadband Light Source at 1300 nm for High Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography. OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS 2008; 281:10.1016/j.optcom.2007.08.073. [PMID: 24347689 PMCID: PMC3858014 DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2007.08.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We demonstrate a compact, inexpensive, and reliable fiber-coupled light source with broad bandwidth and sufficient power at 1300 nm for high resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging in real-time applications. By combining four superluminescent diodes (SLEDs) with different central wavelengths, the light source has a bandwidth of 145 nm centered at 1325 nm with over 10 mW of power. OCT images of an excised stage 30 embryonic chick heart acquired with our combined SLED light source (<5 μm axial resolution in tissue) are compared with images obtained with a single SLED source (~10 μm axial resolution in tissue). The high resolution OCT system with the combined SLED light source provides better image quality (smaller speckle noise) and a greater ability to observe fine structures in the embryonic heart.
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Tumlinson AR, Hofer B, Winkler AM, Povazay B, Drexler W, Barton JK. Inherent homogenous media dispersion compensation in frequency domain optical coherence tomography by accurate k-sampling. APPLIED OPTICS 2008; 47:687-693. [PMID: 18268780 DOI: 10.1364/ao.47.000687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Depth dependent broadening of the axial point spread function due to dispersion in the imaged media, and algorithms for postprocess correction, have been previously described for both time domain and frequency domain optical coherence tomography. We show that homogeneous media dispersion artifacts disappear when frequency domain samples are acquired with uniform spacing in circular wavenumber, as opposed to uniform sampling in optical frequency. We further explicate the source of this point spread broadening and simulate its magnitude in aqueous media. We experimentally demonstrate media dispersion compensation in high dispersion glass by choosing sample frequencies at equal intervals of media index of refraction divided by vacuum wavelength, and we recover unbroadened reflections without an additional postprocessing step.
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Takahashi Y, Watanabe Y, Sato M. Application of the maximum entropy method to spectral-domain optical coherence tomography for enhancing axial resolution. APPLIED OPTICS 2007; 46:5228-36. [PMID: 17676135 DOI: 10.1364/ao.46.005228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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For the first time we applied the maximum entropy method (MEM) to spectral domain optical coherence tomography to enhance axial resolution (AR). The MEM estimates the power spectrum by fitting. For an onion with optimization of M = 70, the AR of 18.8 microm by discrete Fourier transform (DFT) was improved three times compared with peak widths. The calculation time by the MEM with M = 70 was 20 times longer than that of DFT. However, further studies are needed for practical applications, because the validity of the MEM depends on the sample structures.
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- Yoshiyuki Takahashi
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan.
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Yasuno Y, Hong Y, Makita S, Yamanari M, Akiba M, Miura M, Yatagai T. In vivo high-contrast imaging of deep posterior eye by 1-microm swept source optical coherence tomography and scattering optical coherence angiography. OPTICS EXPRESS 2007; 15:6121-39. [PMID: 19546917 DOI: 10.1364/oe.15.006121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Retinal, choroidal and scleral imaging by using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) with a 1-microm band probe light, and high-contrast and three-dimensional (3D) imaging of the choroidal vasculature are presented. This SS-OCT has a measurement speed of 28,000 A-lines/s, a depth resolution of 10.4 microm in tissue, and a sensitivity of 99.3 dB. Owing to the high penetration of the 1-microm probe light and the high sensitivity of the system, the in vivo sclera of a healthy volunteer can be observed. A software-based algorithm of scattering optical coherence angiography (S-OCA) is developed for the high-contrast and 3D imaging of the choroidal vessels. The S-OCA is used to visualize the 3D choroidal vasculature of the in vivo human macula and the optic nerve head. Comparisons of S-OCA with several other angiography techniques including Doppler OCA, Doppler OCT, fluorescein angiography, and indocyanine green angiography are also presented.
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- Yoshiaki Yasuno
- Computational Optics Group in the University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Srinivasan VJ, Ko TH, Wojtkowskt M, Carvalho M, Clermont A, Bursell SE, Song QH, Lem J, Duker JS, Schuman JS, Fujimoto JG. Noninvasive volumetric imaging and morphometry of the rodent retina with high-speed, ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006; 47:5522-8. [PMID: 17122144 PMCID: PMC1941766 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To demonstrate high-speed, ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) for noninvasive, in vivo, three-dimensional imaging of the retina in rat and mouse models. METHODS A high-speed, ultrahigh-resolution OCT system using spectral, or Fourier domain, detection has been developed for small animal retinal imaging. Imaging is performed with a contact lens and postobjective scanning. An axial image resolution of 2.8 mum is achieved with a spectrally broadband superluminescent diode light source with a bandwidth of approximately 150 nm at approximately 900-nm center wavelength. Imaging can be performed at 24,000 axial scans per second, which is approximately 100 times faster than previous ultrahigh-resolution OCT systems. High-definition and three-dimensional retinal imaging is performed in vivo in mouse and rat models. RESULTS High-speed, ultrahigh-resolution OCT enabled high-definition, high transverse pixel density imaging of the murine retina and visualization of all major intraretinal layers. Raster scan protocols enabled three-dimensional volumetric imagingand comprehensive retinal segmentation algorithms allowed measurement of retinal layers. An OCT fundus image, akin to a fundus photograph was generated by axial summation of three-dimensional OCT data, thus enabling precise registration of OCT measurements to retinal fundus features. CONCLUSIONS High-speed, ultrahigh-resolution OCT enables imaging of retinal architectural morphology in small animal models. OCT fundus images allow precise registration of OCT images and repeated measurements with respect to retinal fundus features. Three-dimensional OCT imaging enables visualization and quantification of retinal structure, which promises to allow repeated, noninvasive measurements to track disease progression, thereby reducing the need for killing the animal for histology. This capability can accelerate basic research studies in rats and mice and their translation into clinical patient care.
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- Vivek J. Srinivasan
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- New England Eye Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Research Division, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Research Division, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Beetham Eye Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- New England Eye Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Tufts Center for Vision Research, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- New England Eye Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Tufts Center for Vision Research, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- UPMC Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Srinivasan VJ, Wojtkowski M, Fujimoto JG, Duker JS. In vivo measurement of retinal physiology with high-speed ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography. OPTICS LETTERS 2006; 31:2308-10. [PMID: 16832468 DOI: 10.1364/ol.31.002308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Noninvasive in vivo functional optical imaging of the intact retina is demonstrated by using high-speed, ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT). Imaging was performed with 2.8 microm resolution at a rate of 24,000 axial scans per second. A white-light stimulus was applied to the dark-adapted rat retina, and the average reflectivities from different intraretinal layers were monitored as a function of time. A 10%-15% increase in the average amplitude reflectance of the photoreceptor outer segments was observed in response to the stimulus. The spatial distribution of the change in the OCT signal is consistent with an increase in backscatter from the photoreceptor outer segments. To our knowledge, this is the first in vivo demonstration of OCT functional imaging in the intact retina.
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- V J Srinivasan
- Department of Electrical and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
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Oh WY, Bouma BE, Iftimia N, Yun SH, Yelin R, Tearney GJ. Ultrahigh-resolution full-field optical coherence microscopy using InGaAs camera. OPTICS EXPRESS 2006; 14:726-35. [PMID: 19503391 DOI: 10.1364/opex.14.000726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Full-field optical coherence microscopy (FFOCM) is an interferometric technique for obtaining wide-field microscopic images deep within scattering biological samples. FFOCM has primarily been implemented in the 0.8 mum wavelength range with silicon-based cameras, which may limit penetration when imaging human tissue. In this paper, we demonstrate FFOCM at the wavelength range of 0.9 - 1.4 mum, where optical penetration into tissue is presumably greater owing to decreased scattering. Our FFOCM system, comprising a broadband spatially incoherent light source, a Linnik interferometer, and an InGaAs area scan camera, provided a detection sensitivity of 86 dB for a 2 sec imaging time and an axial resolution of 1.9 mum in water. Images of phantoms, tissue samples, and Xenopus Laevis embryos were obtained using InGaAs and silicon camera FFOCM systems, demonstrating enhanced imaging penetration at longer wavelengths.
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Sato M, Wakaki I, Watanabe Y, Tanno N. Fundamental characteristics of a synthesized light source for optical coherence tomography. APPLIED OPTICS 2005; 44:2471-81. [PMID: 15881053 DOI: 10.1364/ao.44.002471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We describe the fundamental characteristics of a synthesized light source (SLS) consisting of two low-coherence light sources to enhance the spatial resolution for optical coherence tomography (OCT). The axial resolution of OCT is given by half the coherence length of the light source. We fabricated a SLS with a coherence length of 2.3 microm and a side-lobe intensity of 45% with an intensity ratio of LED1:LED2 = 1:0.5 by combining two light sources, LED1, with a central wavelength of 691 nm and a spectral bandwidth of 99 nm, and LED2, with a central wavelength of 882 nm and a spectral bandwidth of 76 nm. The coherence length of 2.3 microm was 56% of the shorter coherence length in the two LEDs, which indicates that the axial resolution is 1.2 microm. The lateral resolution was measured at less than 4.4 microm by use of the phase-shift method and with a test pattern as a sample. The measured rough surfaces of a coin are illustrated and discussed.
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- Manabu Sato
- Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Johnan, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan.
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