OCM with Engineered Wavefront
(29.1) (q, k) is one of the two complex conjugate terms of the interference signal, recorded as a function of wavenumber k in spectrometer-based or swept-source OCT, and lateral spatial…
Optical Coherence Tomography in Kidney Transplantation
Fig. 79.1 TSCM images of subcapsular proximal convoluted tubules of a rabbit kidney: 1 h (hr) (a), 24 h (b), 48 h (c) and 72 h (d) following harvesting. With…
Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography in Urology
, Wayne Waltzer1 and Zhangqun Ye2 (1) Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA (2) Tonji Medical College and Affiliated Hospital, Wuhan, Peoples’ Republic of China 78.1 Introduction Clinical statistics has shown…
Optical Design for OCT
Fig. 11.1 Sketches of OCT configuration 11.1 Optical Design Considerations for OCT 11.1.1 Unique Optical Design Needs for OCT OCT presents unique design needs different than, for example, microscopy or…
Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography
Fig. 68.1 (a) Schematic of endoscopic OCT probe with 1.8 mm diameter. (b) Photo of the OCT probe in the working channel of the endoscope. c Endoscopic view of OCT…
Application of Fourier Domain OCT Imaging Technology to the Anterior Segment of the Human Eye
Fig. 54.1 Schematic horizontal section of the human eye The optical system of the human eye comprises two optical elements: the cornea and the crystalline lens. The cornea is a…
Optical Coherence Tomography in Tissue Engineering
Fig. 64.1 OCT imaging of a bioreactor with its engineered tissue construct. (a) Schematic of the bioreactor. (b) Transverse and (c) longitudinal OCT scan. The bright pixels within the construct…
Optical Coherence Tomography in Pulmonary Medicine
Fig. 76.1 Lungs, airways (including trachea and branching bronchi and bronchioles), and distal alveoli where gas exchange takes place (Modified from http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl = http://images.webmd.com/images/hw/media65/medical/hw/h5551557.jpg&imgrefurl = http://my.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/hw141715.asp&h=300&w=460&sz=26&tbnid=jBlE6ZHtW7QJ:&tbnh=81&tbnw=125&hl=en&start=3&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlungs%2Bairways%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D) Fig. 76.2 Schematic of…
Image Processing in Intravascular OCT
Fig. 16.1 Common vascular features in IVOCT images The typical speed for current IVOCT imaging is 50,000 lines/s and 100 frames/s (this is the specifications for C7-XRTM OCT Intravascular Imaging…
Superluminescent Diode Light Sources for OCT
(1) Superlum Diodes Ltd., Vvedenskogo N 3, Moscow, 117342, Russia Contrary to laser diodes, the way of superluminescent diodes (SLDs) to their wide use in practice was much longer….
