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Alterations in retinal layer thickness, measurable using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), have been associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). While previous studies have mainly focused on segmented…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Yasemin Turkan , F. Boray Tek , M. Serdar Nazlı , Öykü Eren

Our objective is to evaluate the efficacy of methods that use deep learning (DL) for the automatic fine-grained segmentation of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of the retina. OCT images from 10 patients with mild non-proliferative…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-01-31 Mike Pekala , Neil Joshi , David E. Freund , Neil M. Bressler , Delia Cabrera DeBuc , Philippe M Burlina

An organoid is a three-dimensional (3D) in vitro cell culture emulating human organs. We applied 3D dynamic optical coherence tomography (DOCT) to visualize the intratissue and intracellular activities of human induced pluripotent stem…

We present differential phase-contrast optical coherence tomography (DPC-OCT) with two transversally separated probing beams to sense phase gradients in various directions by employing a rotatable Wollaston prism. In combination with a…

Optics · Physics 2011-11-11 Bettina Heise , David Stifter

Knowledge of optical properties, such as the refractive index (RI), of biological tissues is important in optical imaging, as they influence the distribution and propagation of light in tissue. To accurately study the response of cancerous…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-04-10 Neelam Hari , Priyanka Patel , Jacqueline Ross , Kevin Hicks , Frédérique Vanholsbeeck

Multiple-surface segmentation in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) images is a challenge problem, further complicated by the frequent presence of weak image boundaries. Recently, many deep learning (DL) based methods have been developed…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-13 Hui Xie , Weiyu Xu , Xiaodong Wu

A prospective study was performed on neurosurgical samples from 18 patients to evaluate the use of Full-Field Optical Coherence Tomography (FF-OCT) in brain tumor diagnosis. FF-OCT captures en face slices of tissue samples at 1\mum…

In distributed fiber-optic sensing based on optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR), Doppler frequency shifts due to the changes of disturbances during one sweep period introduce demodulation errors that accumulate along both the…

Optics · Physics 2024-10-28 Qiang Yang , Weilin Xie , Congfan Wang , Bowen Li , Xin Li , Xiang Zheng , Wei Wei , Yi Dong

Automatic motion compensation and adjustment of an intraoperative imaging modality's field of view is a common problem during interventions. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging modality which is used in interventions due to its…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Nils Gessert , Martin Gromniak , Matthias Schlüter , Alexander Schlaefer

Intrinsic optical signal (IOS) imaging of the retina, also termed as optoretinography (ORG), promises a noninvasive method for objective assessment of retinal function. By providing unparalleled capability to differentiate individual layers…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-02-22 Tae-Hoon Kim , Guangying Ma , Taeyoon Son , Xincheng Yao

Computational corrections of defocus and aberrations in optical coherence tomography (OCT) offers a promising approach to realize high-resolution imaging with deep imaging depth, but without additional high hardware costs. However, these…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-28 Shuichi Makita , Naoki Fukutake , Lida Zhu , Yoshiaki Yasuno

Quantum optical coherence tomography (Q-OCT) offers a factor-of-two improvement in axial resolution and the advantage of even-order dispersion cancellation when it is compared to conventional OCT (C-OCT). These features have been ascribed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Baris I. Erkmen , Jeffrey H. Shapiro

Optical coherent tomography (OCT) fingerprint technology provides rich depth information, including internal fingerprint (papillary junction) and sweat (eccrine) glands, in addition to imaging any fake layers (presentation attacks) placed…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-02 Tarang Chugh , Anil K. Jain

This paper presents a comprehensive numerical analysis of super-resolution imaging using dielectric microparticles, employing the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method to elucidate the mechanisms that enable resolution enhancements…

Optics · Physics 2024-09-18 Arlen Bekirov , Zengbo Wang , Boris Lukyanchuk

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a popular modality in ophthalmology and is also used intravascularly. Our interest in this work is OCT in the context of airway abnormalities in infants and children where the high resolution of OCT and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-19 Yining Jiao , Amy Oldenburg , Yinghan Xu , Srikamal Soundararajan , Carlton Zdanski , Julia Kimbell , Marc Niethammer

Optical link tomography (OLT) is a rapidly evolving field that allows the multi-span, end-to-end visualization of optical power along fiber links in multiple dimensions from network endpoints, solely by processing signals received at…

Automated and accurate segmentation of cystoid structures in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is of interest in the early detection of retinal diseases. It is, however, a challenging task. We propose a novel method for localizing cysts in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-29 Karthik Gopinath , Jayanthi Sivaswamy

Multiple light scattering in tissue limits the penetration of optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging. Here, we present in-vivo OCT imaging of a live mouse using wavefront shaping to enhance the penetration depth. A digital micro-mirror…

Cells alter the path of light, a fact that leads to well-known aberrations in single cell or tissue imaging. Optical diffraction tomography (ODT) measures the biophysical property that causes these aberrations, the refractive index (RI).…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2017-08-14 Mirjam Schürmann , Gheorghe Cojoc , Salvatore Girardo , Elke Ulbricht , Jochen Guck , Paul Müller

Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) is a widely used and minimally invaive technique for bio-medical imaging [1]. SD-OCT typically relies on the use of superluminescent diodes (SLD), which provide a low-noise and broadband…