• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 40, Issue 11, 1104001 (2013)
Wang Yi*, Chen Xiaodong, Wang Ting, Leng Ji, and Yu Daoyin
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    DOI: 10.3788/cjl201340.1104001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Wang Yi, Chen Xiaodong, Wang Ting, Leng Ji, Yu Daoyin. Low Noise Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging Technology Based on Demarcating Arm[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2013, 40(11): 1104001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    This paper describes a low noise optical coherence tomography (OCT) technology based on curvelet algorithm and a demarcating arm to decrease the speckle noise in OCT. The demarcating arm in the Michelson interferometer makes the precise positioning of A-scans possible and diminishes the displacement error caused by tissue moving. Besides, each A-scan is curvelet transformed and adaptive filtered, the curvelet coefficients are weighted, averaged and reconstructed to reduce speckle noise. Compared with traditional A-scans average method, the application of curvelet algorithm and demarcating arm in low noise OCT provides 18.35% increase in signal to noise ratio.
    Wang Yi, Chen Xiaodong, Wang Ting, Leng Ji, Yu Daoyin. Low Noise Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging Technology Based on Demarcating Arm[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2013, 40(11): 1104001
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