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Localization-based imaging has revolutionized fluorescence optical microscopy and has also enabled unprecedented ultrasound images of microvascular structures in deep tissues. Herein, we introduce a new concept of localization optoacoustic…

Optics · Physics 2017-07-10 Xose Luis Dean-Ben , Daniel Razansky

Speckle is an intrinsic pattern in optical coherence tomography (OCT) that obscures fine image features and degrades effective resolution. In this study, we propose a numerical speckle reduction method based on the dispersed scatterer model…

Spatial resolution in optical microscopy has traditionally been treated as a fixed parameter of the optical system. Here, we present an approach to enhance transverse resolution in beam-scanned optical coherence tomography (OCT) beyond its…

Optics · Physics 2021-10-22 Nichaluk Leartprapun , Steven G. Adie

This dissertation relates to the transition of the state of the art of swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) systems to a new realm in which the image acquisition speed is improved by an order of magnitude. With the aid of a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-21 Amir Tofighi Zavareh

High-numerical-aperture optical coherence tomography (OCT) enables sub-cellular imaging but faces a trade-off between lateral resolution and depth of focus. Computational refocusing can correct defocus in Fourier-domain OCT, yet its…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-22 Yue Zhu , Shuichi Makita , Naoki Fukutake , Yoshiaki Yasuno

Optoacoustic tomography (OAT), also known as photoacoustic tomography, is a rapidly emerging hybrid imaging technique that possesses great potential for a wide range of biomedical imaging applications. In OAT, a laser is employed to…

Medical Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 Yang Lou , Kun Wang , Alexander. A. Oraevsky , Mark. A. Anastasio

Using spectrally correlated photon pairs instead of classical laser light and coincidence detection instead of light intensity detection, Quantum Optical Coherence Tomography (Q-OCT) outperforms classical OCT in several experimental terms.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-06 Sylwia M. Kolenderska , Crislane Vieira de Brito , Piotr Kolenderski

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has proven to be a powerful technique for studying tissue morphology in ophthalmology, cardiology, and endomicroscopy. Its performance is limited by the fundamental trade-off between the imaging…

Optics · Physics 2008-02-27 Keisuke Goda , Daniel R. Solli , Bahram Jalali

A fundamental parameter to determine how electromagnetic waves interfere is their relative phase. Therefore, achieving a fine control over it enables a wide range of interferometric applications. Existing phase control methods rely on…

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) uses low-coherence reflectometry to obtain cross-sectional images of inhomogeneous media, such as biological tissue. OCT is particularly useful in the biomedical ea, since the imaging can be performed…

Medical Physics · Physics 2018-03-01 Takahisa Mitsui , Kenichiro Aoki

A recent advance in optical coherence tomography (OCT), termed swept-source OCT, is generalized into a new technique, Fourier-domain OCT. It represents a realization of a full-field OCT system in place of the conventional serial image…

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) captures cross-sectional data and is used for the screening, monitoring, and treatment planning of retinal diseases. Technological developments to increase the speed of acquisition often results in systems…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-03 Timothy T. Yu , Da Ma , Jayden Cole , Myeong Jin Ju , Mirza F. Beg , Marinko V. Sarunic

Optical tomographic cross-sectional images of biological samples were made possible by interferometric imaging techniques such as Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). Owing to its unprecedented view of the sample, OCT has become a gold…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-07-13 Pedro Mecê , Elena Gofas-Salas , Michel Paques , Kate Grieve , Serge Meimon

Imaging airway tissue, optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides cross-sectional images of tissue structures, shows cilia movement and mucus secretion, but does not provide sufficient contrast to differentiate individual cells. By using…

Super-resolution optical microscopy is a rapidly evolving scientific field dedicated to imaging sub-wavelength sized objects, leaving its mark in multiple branches of biology and technology. While several super-resolution optical microscopy…

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a prevalent non-invasive imaging method which provides high resolution volumetric visualization of retina. However, its inherent defect, the speckle noise, can seriously deteriorate the tissue…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-31 Dewei Hu , Yuankai K. Tao , Ipek Oguz

Acousto-optic modulation in piezoelectric materials offers the efficient method to bridge electrical and optical signals. It is widely used to control optical frequencies and intensities in modern optical systems including Q-switch lasers,…

Optics · Physics 2023-06-05 Liang Zhang , Chaohan Cui , Pao-Kang Chen , Linran Fan

Astronomical telescopes suffer from a tradeoff between field of view (FoV) and image resolution: increasing the FoV leads to an optical field that is under-sampled by the science camera. This work presents a novel computational imaging…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-07 Robin Swanson , Esther Y. H. Lin , Masen Lamb , Suresh Sivanandam , Kiriakos N. Kutulakos

Acousto-optic deflectors (AODs) are widely used across physics, microscopy, neuroscience, and laser engineering, providing fast, precise, and non-mechanical control of light. While conventional AODs naturally support multiplexing in one and…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-10 Lewis R. B. Picard , Manuel Endres

Control over intensity, shape, direction, and phase of coherent light is essential in numerous fields, reaching from gravitational wave astronomy over quantum metrology and ultrafast sciences to semi-conductor fabrication. Modern laser…