Optical coherence tomography (OCT) - An emerging technology for three-dimensional imaging of biological tissues

Gereon Hüttmann; Eva Lankenau

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-75409-1_5

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) - An emerging technology for three-dimensional imaging of biological tissues

Institute of Biomedical Optics

Abstract

Optical imaging technologies offer high resolution non-contact visualization of tissues with a large variety of contrast modalities. However tissues are optically inhomogeneous due to microscopic variations of the refractive index. The resulting scattering limits resolution and imaging depth. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a relatively new approach for obtaining 3-D high resolution imaging of tissue which is successfully used in the diagnosis of the eye diseases. However, OCT is not limited to medical applications. This review will cover theory and technology of OCT and provide an overview over current use and future prospects in tissue engineering.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Bioengineering in Cell and Tissue Research
Number of pages	18
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date	2008
Pages	85-102
ISBN (Print)	978-3-540-75408-4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-540-75409-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75409-1_5
Publication status	Published - 2008

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