Abstract
A method, novel to our knowledge, for effective mirror image suppression in Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography based on a phase shift between neighboring A-mode scans is demonstrated. By realizing that the phase shifts of the real and mirror images are mutually reversed and assuming that the real image intensities of the two successive A-mode scans are the same, we can solve a set of two coupled equations to obtain the real image signals. The images based on the scanning of a high-resolution spectral-domain optical coherence tomography system are processed to show effective mirror image suppression results. Compared with a similar method of broad application, our approach has the advantages of shorter process time and higher flexibility in selecting the concerned image portions for processing.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2889-2891 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Aug 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |