Parallel en-face optical coherence microscopy with adaptive focus Abstract. We propose a novel parallel nonstralational optical coherence microscopy (OCM) with adaptive focus for general high-speed high-resolution en-face biomedical imaging. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become an emerging imaging modality with high depth resolution. OCM is one kind of OCT imaging technique with better transverse and depth resolution by using confocal architecture in the object arm. Typical OCT systems generate B- scan cross section images. In clinic, the users are more familiar with C-scan (en face) images. Parallel OCT imaging has been studied, but not in the OCM architecture. Furthermore, in the conventional OCT/OCM imaging, good transverse resolution can be maintained only in the region close to the focal plane. Dynamic focusing can only be done by mechanic movement. To overcome these problems, here we propose to demonstrate, for the first time, a nontranslational parallel en-face OCM imaging instrument with adaptive focus. A programmable digital micromirror device is used for parallel confocal sampling, an electro-optic varifocal lens for fast depth scanning, and a rapid CMOS camera with more than 1000 frames/s rate for data collection. With adaptive focusing, the transverse resolution is constant across the depth of imaging. The spatial resolution can be around 2 (provided by the applicant): We have proposed a novel parallel nonstralational optical coherence microscopy (OCM) with adaptive focus for general high-speed high-resolution en-face biomedical imaging. Our research proposal currently focuses on demonstration the feasibility of this new technique. With adaptive focusing, the transverse resolution is constant across the depth of imaging. [The spatial resolution can be around 2Public Health Relevance
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