Swept-source OCT with coherent imaging fibre bundles

Helen D. Ford; Ralph P Tatam

doi:10.1117/12.835305

5 October 2009 Swept-source OCT with coherent imaging fibre bundles

Helen D. Ford, Ralph P Tatam

Proceedings Volume 7503, 20th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors; 75030X (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835305
Event: 20th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 2009, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

OCT probes for endoscopy typically use a single optical fibre to deliver light to the measurement region. 2D imaging is achieved using mechanical scanning components at the probe tip. We are investigating an OCT system in which fibre imaging bundles replace the single probe fibre, allowing many thousand measurement points to be addressed without any mechanical scanning at the probe tip, over a region measuring a few millimetres in each dimension. This allows a small-diameter, electrically passive probe to be engineered using offthe- shelf scanning optics. Images from a single-fibre, conventionally-scanned probe and from a bundle-based probe are presented, using swept-source processing centred at 1330 nm.

Citation Download Citation

Helen D. Ford and Ralph P Tatam "Swept-source OCT with coherent imaging fibre bundles", Proc. SPIE 7503, 20th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 75030X (5 October 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835305

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available