In-vivo retinal imaging by multi-beam spectral-domain optical coherence tomography with a novel spectrometer

Nobuhito Suehira; Hirofumi Yoshida; Takashi Yuasa; Makoto Sato; Kazuro Yamada

doi:10.1117/12.873248

8 March 2011 In-vivo retinal imaging by multi-beam spectral-domain optical coherence tomography with a novel spectrometer design

Nobuhito Suehira, Hirofumi Yoshida, Takashi Yuasa, Makoto Sato, Kazuro Yamada

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Proceedings Volume 7889, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XV; 78890L (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.873248
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We have developed a multi-beam spectral-domain optical coherence tomography system with a single line sensor for human retina imaging. Three beams are used and the scan area is a 10-mm square on the fundus. These three beams focus on the fundus at locations 3.1 mm apart from each other to satisfy the ANSI safety standards. The line rate is 70k A-scans/s for each beam, equivalent to a total line rate of 210k A-scans/s for the three beams. The spectrometer has a single line sensor for the three beams, which leads to differences among the three beams such as pixel resolution, roll-off characteristic, and sensitivity. The 3D image is acquired by piecing the images together while calibrating the depth resolution and compensating the roll-off characteristics of each beam. We obtained an image of a healthy human retina.

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Nobuhito Suehira, Hirofumi Yoshida, Takashi Yuasa, Makoto Sato, and Kazuro Yamada "In-vivo retinal imaging by multi-beam spectral-domain optical coherence tomography with a novel spectrometer design", Proc. SPIE 7889, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XV, 78890L (8 March 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.873248

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