Open AccessDesign and implementation of a low-cost, portable OCT system
Author(s) -
Sang-Hoon Kim,
Michael Crose,
Will J. Eldridge,
Brian Cox,
William J. Brown,
Adam Wax
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
biomedical optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.362
H-Index - 86
ISSN - 2156-7085
DOI - 10.1364/boe.9.001232
Subject(s) - optical coherence tomography , computer science , medical physics , medicine , ophthalmology
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a widely used biomedical imaging tool, primarily in ophthalmology to diagnose and stage retinal diseases. In order to increase access for a wider range of applications and in low resource settings, we developed a portable, low-cost OCT system that has comparable imaging performance to commercially available systems. Here, we present the system design and characterization and compare the system performance to other commercially available OCT systems. In addition, future cost reductions and potential additional applications of the low-cost OCT system are discussed.