Space variant deconvolution for optical coherence tomography

R. Prashanth; Shanti Bhattacharya

doi:10.1117/12.904349

29 November 2011 Space variant deconvolution for optical coherence tomography

R. Prashanth, Shanti Bhattacharya

Proceedings Volume 8311, Optical Sensors and Biophotonics III; 831113 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.904349
Event: SPIE/OSA/IEEE Asia Communications and Photonics, 2011, Shanghai, China

Abstract

We present a method for mitigating space variant blur occurring in the images acquired using Optical coherence tomography (OCT). The effect of Gaussian beam divergence on the image resolution is analyzed mathematically to develop space dependent two dimensional point spread functions that define the blurring kernel. Two standard deconvolution algorithms are used to deblur the images using the space dependent point spread functions. We show that the deconvolution method is effective in improving the transverse resolution of cross sectional OCT images at regions up to several times as deep as the confocal region of the Gaussian beam.

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R. Prashanth and Shanti Bhattacharya "Space variant deconvolution for optical coherence tomography", Proc. SPIE 8311, Optical Sensors and Biophotonics III, 831113 (29 November 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.904349

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