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Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography of Retinal Circulation
Published on: September 18, 2012
Flow velocity estimation by complex ambiguity free joint Spectral and Time domain Optical Coherence Tomography
Maciej Szkulmowski1, Ireneusz Grulkowski, Daniel Szlag
1Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, PL-87-100 Toruń, Poland.
Abstract:
We show that recently introduced joint Spectral and Time domain Optical Coherence Tomography (STdOCT) can be used for simultaneous complex ambiguity removal and functional Spectral OCT images. This permits to take advantage of higher sensitivity achievable near the zero-path delay. The technique can be used with all Spectral OCT systems that are equipped with an optical delay line (ODL) and provide oversampled scanning patterns. High sensitivity provided by STdOCT allows this technique to be used in Spectral OCT setups with acquisition speed of 100,000 lines/s. We show that different imaging ranges and velocity ranges can be achieved by switching on/off the ODL and a small modification in the processing algorithm. Additionally, the relatively small computational burden of the technique allows for fast computations in the range of less than 5 minutes for 3D data set. We present application of proposed technique to full-range two- and three-dimensional imaging. Morphological and Doppler tomograms of human retina in-vivo are shown. Finally, we identify and discuss artifacts of the technique.
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