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    • Biomedical Optics
    • Microscopy
    • Image Reconstruction

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    • Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) systems face limitations in depth range and resolution, particularly away from the focal plane.
    • Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Microscopy (ISAM) offers potential for enhanced imaging but requires advanced reconstruction techniques.
    • Dispersion encoding is a method to extend imaging capabilities in OCT.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present a computational method for full-range ISAM using dispersion encoding.
    • To enhance the depth range and spatial resolution of OCT imaging.
    • To demonstrate a novel approach for improved optical microscopy.

    Main Methods:

    • A model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) method was developed, incorporating ISAM directly into an optimization framework.
    • Sparsity promoting regularization was utilized to effectively recover the full-range signal.
    • An optimal nonuniform discrete fast Fourier transform (NUFFT) implementation of ISAM was adopted for computational efficiency and stability.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed method successfully achieved full-range ISAM imaging.
    • Significant enhancements in spatial resolution were observed, especially away from the focal plane.
    • The method demonstrated superior performance compared to existing combinations of techniques when tested on complex samples.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed computational method effectively doubles the depth range of OCT while improving spatial resolution.
    • MBIR with sparsity promotion and NUFFT provides a robust and efficient approach for full-range ISAM.
    • This technique offers a significant advancement in optical microscopy without requiring hardware modifications to commercial systems.