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    • Biomedical Optics
    • Medical Imaging Technology

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    • Speckle noise in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) degrades image quality.
    • Angular compounding is a proposed method to reduce speckle noise and improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) without sacrificing spatial resolution.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the effectiveness of angular compounding for speckle reduction in OCT.
    • To analyze the impact of optical aberrations on angular compounding's performance.
    • To determine the theoretical limits of SNR improvement using angular compounding.

    Main Methods:

    • Experimental system alignment and distortion measurement to correct for optical aberrations.
    • Theoretical analysis using Monte Carlo simulations to model "pure" angular compounding.
    • Comparison of angular compounding with spatial averaging techniques.

    Main Results:

    • Angular compounding's speckle reduction is limited when optical aberrations are corrected.
    • Theoretical SNR improvement for pure angular compounding is a maximum factor of 1.3.
    • Speckle reduction by angular compounding is found to be equivalent to spatial averaging.

    Conclusions:

    • Angular compounding provides speckle reduction comparable to spatial averaging.
    • The technique may be beneficial for applications requiring improved depth of field in OCT images.
    • Combining angular compounding with aberration correction can reduce speckle while maintaining resolution across a large depth of field.