Demonstration of Triband Multi-Focal Imaging with Optical Coherence Tomography
Abstract
We demonstrate an extended depth of focus optical coherence tomography (OCT) system based on the use of chromatic aberration to create displaced focal planes in the sample. The system uses a wavelength-swept source tuning over three spectral bands and three separate interferometers, each of which interfaces to a single illumination/collection fiber. The resulting three imaged volumes are merged in post-processing to generate an image with a larger depth of focus than is obtained from each band individually. The improvements are demonstrated in structural imaging of a porous phantom and a lipid-cleared murine brain, and by angiographic imaging of human skin. By using a coaxial approach with Gaussian beams, this approach enables an extended focus with relatively simple microscope optics and data-merging algorithms.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Nov 26, 2018
- Source ID
- 10.3390/app8122395
Entities
People
- Ahhyun Nam
- Benjamin Vakoc
- Brett Bouma
- Jian Ren
Organizations
- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
- United States Department of Defense