Linear OCT system with down conversion of the fringe pattern

Peter Koch*, Gereon Hüttmann, Hansfrieder Schleiermacher, Jörg Eichholz, Edmund Koch

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

Abstract

OCT sensors traditionally use scanning optical delay lines with moving parts and a single detector. Compared to this OCT systems with a linear detector array (linear OCT or LOCT) are very simple and robust, but a detector with approximately 10 4 pixel is needed for a imaging depth of 2 millimeter. We present a new system for LOCT which extends the measurement range of LOCT systems by attaching a mask on the image sensor. The mask essentially performs a down conversion of the spatial frequencies by multiplication with a second spatial frequency. We use this effect to reduce the fringe frequency of the OCT signal so that sampling and calculating the modulation of the signal can be done with relatively few pixels. The theory for this approach is addressed and first measurements are presented.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelCoherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine VIII
Redakteure/-innenValery V. Tuchin, Joseph A. Izatt, James G. Fujimoto
Seitenumfang8
Band5316
Herausgeber (Verlag)SPIE
Erscheinungsdatum01.07.2004
Seiten260-267
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 01.07.2004
VeranstaltungCoherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine VIII - San Jose, USA / Vereinigte Staaten
Dauer: 26.01.200428.01.2004
Konferenznummer: 63682

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  • Forschungsschwerpunkt: Biomedizintechnik

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