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    Area of Science:

    • Coherent optical imaging
    • Biomedical optics
    • Medical imaging technology

    Background:

    • Speckle noise degrades image quality in optical coherence tomography and optical frequency-domain imaging (OFDI).
    • Reducing speckle noise is crucial for enhancing information content in biomedical imaging.
    • Existing methods face limitations in effectively mitigating speckle noise.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and present a novel OFDI system for significant speckle noise reduction.
    • To demonstrate the capability of compounding angularly resolved images to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).
    • To provide theoretical framework and design equations for the angle-resolved OFDI system.

    Main Methods:

    • A new OFDI system utilizing an InGaAs line-scan camera and interferometer.
    • Simultaneous acquisition of hundreds of angularly resolved images over a 32-degree backscattering range.
    • Wavelength stepping of the laser source (130 nm range centered at 1295 nm) to generate 400 angle-resolved OFDI images per read-out.
    • Incoherent averaging of angle-resolved data for speckle reduction.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated substantial speckle reduction in imaging.
    • Achieved up to an 8 dB SNR improvement in images.
    • Successfully imaged a tissue phantom and ex vivo esophageal tissue.
    • Validated the effectiveness of the angle-resolved OFDI approach.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel angle-resolved OFDI system effectively reduces speckle noise.
    • This technique offers significant SNR improvements for biomedical imaging.
    • The developed system and theory advance the capabilities of OFDI for tissue analysis.