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Artifacts in speckle tracking and multi-aperture Doppler OCT imaging of lateral motion

Hendrik Spahr*, Clara Pfäffle, Gereon Hüttmann, Dierck Hillmann

*Corresponding author for this work

Abstract

In optical coherence tomography (OCT), lateral motion is determined either by speckle tracking or by multi-aperture Doppler OCT. Here we show that both methods may provide incorrect results because, outside the focal plane, nonuniform axial motion is misinterpreted as lateral motion. First, we demonstrate the existence of this artifact by means of a simulation for speckle tracking. Then the physical origin of the artifact and its mathematical relation to defocus and axial motion are explained. It is shown that speckle tracking and multi-aperture Doppler OCT are equally affected by the artifact, which has a considerable effect, even for a defocus of less than one Rayleigh length.

Original languageEnglish
JournalOptics Letters
Volume44
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)1315-1318
Number of pages4
ISSN0146-9592
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15.03.2019

Funding

Funding. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) (13GW0043C, 13GW0043E); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (HU 629/6-1).

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  1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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Research Areas and Centers

  • Academic Focus: Biomedical Engineering

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