Practical approach for dispersion compensation in spectral-domain optical coherence tomography

Zhenhe Ma; Zhonghai He; Shuang Wang; Mengchao Li; Qiaoyun Wang; Jiangtao Lv; Fengwen Wang; Yi Wang

doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.6.063203

6 June 2012 Practical approach for dispersion compensation in spectral-domain optical coherence tomography

Zhenhe Ma, Zhonghai He, Shuang Wang, Mengchao Li, Qiaoyun Wang, Jiangtao Lv, Fengwen Wang, Yi Wang

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 51, Issue 6, 063203 (June 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.6.063203

Abstract

We proposed and demonstrated a digital method of dispersion compensation suitable for spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. The wavelength coordinate of the coherence spectrum was calibrated digitally using a two-order polynomial. A software-based scheme was introduced to determine the polynomial coefficients of the polynomial fitting spectrum wavelength. Therefore, the spectrum deformation introduced by dispersion can be compensated effectively. This method was experimentally validated by in vivo imaging an early-stage chick embryonic heart.

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Zhenhe Ma, Zhonghai He, Shuang Wang, Mengchao Li, Qiaoyun Wang, Jiangtao Lv, Fengwen Wang, and Yi Wang "Practical approach for dispersion compensation in spectral-domain optical coherence tomography," Optical Engineering 51(6), 063203 (6 June 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.6.063203

Published: 6 June 2012

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