Optical coherence gated imaging of biological tissues

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作者
Pan, Y [1 ]
Lankenau, E [1 ]
Welzel, J [1 ]
Birngruber, R [1 ]
Engelhardt, R [1 ]
机构
[1] MED LASERZENTRUM LUBECK, DEPT DERMATOL, D-23562 LUBECK, GERMANY
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10.1109/2944.577332
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We present optical coherence-gated tomography (OCT) in turbid biological tissues. The fast OCT system that is used in this study is a single-mode fiber-optic interferometer with low-coherence light at 830 mm which can perform a cross-sectional image of 250-600 pixels in a few seconds, Preliminary results suggest that OCT can provide high-resolution imagine in few-scattering and high-scattering superficial tissues, In vitro imaging of porcine cornea after being coagulated with a laser shows that OCT is a promising tool for the evaluation of pathological structures in low-scattering tissue, This technique can also be used to diagnose diseases in high-scattering tissues like bladder and living skin, In addition, 50-MHz ultrasound images and histological pictures are presented for comparison with OCT.
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