AO-OCT with reference arm phase shifting for complex conjugate artifact-free imaging of in vivo retinal structures

Robert J. Zawadzki, Dae Yu Kim, Steven M. Jones, Suman Pilli, Scot S. Olivier, John S. Werner

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Abstract

We summarize the performance of an AO-OCT system with reference arm phase shifting for complex conjugate artifactfree imaging of in vivo retinal structures. As a complex conjugate artifact removal (CCR) method we used a previously reported technique requiring constant phase shifts between consecutive A-scans. In our system these shifts were generated by continuous beam path-length changes from offsetting the pivot point of the scanning mirror placed in the system reference arm. In order to reconstruct the complex spectral fringe pattern we used Fourier transformation along the transverse axis and a filtering algorithm. The suppression ratio of mirror complex artifact images was assessed based on acquired in vivo CCR AO-OCT images. Finally, potential problems and limitations connected with this acquisition scheme and data processing algorithms are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOphthalmic Technologies XXI
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
EventOphthalmic Technologies XXI - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: 22 Jan 201124 Jan 2011

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume7885
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Conference

ConferenceOphthalmic Technologies XXI
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period22/01/1124/01/11

Keywords

  • aberration compensation
  • adaptive optics
  • complex conjugate artifact
  • imaging systems
  • medical optics instrumentation
  • ophthalmology
  • optical coherence tomography

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