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  • Optical Imaging
  • Interferometry

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  • Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a valuable non-invasive imaging modality.
  • Enhancing sensitivity and reducing noise are critical for improving OCT image quality.
  • Visible light OCT offers potential for superficial tissue imaging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate the efficiency of balanced detection in a visible OCT system.
  • To showcase noise floor reduction and sensitivity enhancement.
  • To validate the performance with phantom and in-vivo imaging.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a visible OCT instrument with a low-noise supercontinuum laser.
  • Implemented a novel digital pixel alignment technique for camera calibration.
  • Employed balanced detection configuration to minimize noise.
  • Operated at a central wavelength of 590 nm.

Main Results:

  • Achieved a noise floor reduction of up to 12.8 dB across the imaging depth.
  • Demonstrated high sensitivity: 74 dB (single spectrometer) and 92.8 dB (balanced configuration).
  • Presented enhanced image contrast in optical phantoms and in-vivo human thumb/nail images.

Conclusions:

  • Balanced detection is highly effective for enhancing visible OCT performance.
  • The developed digital alignment technique significantly improves noise reduction.
  • The system provides high-resolution, high-sensitivity imaging for superficial tissue visualization.