Birefringence characterization of biological tissue using optical coherence tomography

Matthew J. Everett; Klaus Schoenenberger; Bill W. Colston Jr.; Luiz Barroca Da Silva

doi:10.1117/12.306054

24 April 1998 Birefringence characterization of biological tissue using optical coherence tomography

Matthew J. Everett, Klaus Schoenenberger, Bill W. Colston Jr., Luiz Barroca Da Silva

Proceedings Volume 3251, Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedical Science and Clinical Applications II; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.306054
Event: BiOS '98 International Biomedical Optics Symposium, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (OCT) system is developed and used to measure birefringence in porcine myocardium tissue, producing 2-D cross-sectional images of the tissue birefringence. These birefringence images are then used to quantify thermal damage in the tissue. Signal to noise issues which cause systematic measurement errors are analyzed to determine the regime in which such measurements are accurate. The advantage of polarization sensitive OCT systems over standard OCT systems in avoiding image artifacts caused by birefringence is also demonstrated.

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Matthew J. Everett, Klaus Schoenenberger, Bill W. Colston Jr., and Luiz Barroca Da Silva "Birefringence characterization of biological tissue using optical coherence tomography", Proc. SPIE 3251, Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedical Science and Clinical Applications II, (24 April 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.306054

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