Single camera spectral domain polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography using offset B-scan modulation

Opt Express. 2010 Mar 29;18(7):7281-7. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.007281.

Abstract

We report a simple implementation to acquire spectral domain polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PSOCT) using a single camera. By combining a dual-delay assembly in the reference arm and offset B-scan in the sample arm, the orthogonal vertical- and horizontal-polarized images were acquired in parallel and spatially separated by a fixed distance in the full range image space. The two orthogonal polarization images were recombined to calculate the intensity, retardance and fast-axis images. This system was easy to implement and capable of acquiring high-speed in vivo 3D polarization-sensitive OCT images.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Animals
  • Chickens
  • Equipment Design
  • Fingers / pathology
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Light
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*