Open AccessThree dimensional OCT images from retina and skin
Author(s) -
Adrian Gh. Podoleanu,
John Rogers,
David A. Jackson,
Shane Dunne
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.7.000292
Subject(s) - optical coherence tomography , computer science , computer vision , optics , transversal (combinatorics) , rendering (computer graphics) , position (finance) , volume rendering , software , tomography , artificial intelligence , face (sociological concept) , stack (abstract data type) , computer graphics (images) , physics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , social science , finance , sociology , economics , programming language
We demonstrate the functionality of an en-face optical coherence tomography (OCT) system with images from the retina and skin. En-face images collected at different depths are subsequently used to reconstruct a 3D volume of the tissue. The reconstruction allows software inferred OCT longitudinal images at any transversal position in the stack. The position in depth in the stack before creating longitudinal OCT images is also adjustable, offering a valuable guidance tool for exploring the 3D volume of the tissue. This is illustrated by Quick time movies showing either depth or lateral exploration along one of two possible different directions in the stack of transversal OCT images. Sufficient accuracy of the volume rendered is obtained in 20 seconds when the system operates at 2 frames a second. The system, equipped with the 3D rendering feature acts as a valuable diagnostic tool allowing "peeling off" of transversal and longitudinal biologic material to investigate different internal features.