High-speed time-domain optical coherence tomography with an imaging speed of ten frames per second with 2000 A-scan

Optical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Kim, Young Kwan ^a   Kim, Yong Pyung ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

optical coherence tomography; optical delay line; piezoelectric transducer

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT VOLTAGE; FRAMES PER SECONDS; HIGH-SPEED; IMAGING SPEED; INPUT FUNCTIONS; OPTICAL DELAY LINE; RECALIBRATIONS; SCANNING OPTICAL; SINUSOIDAL WAVE; SPATIAL TRANSFORMATION; TIME DOMAIN;

MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; WAVE FUNCTIONS; WAVES;

SPEED;

EID: 81355153706     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3425659     Document Type: Article

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