幅值和相位配准技术及其在光学相干层析血流成像中的应用

频域光学相干层析系统中扫描机构定位精度、 机械抖动及样品移动会造成A扫描信号幅值和相位发生波动, 影响生物组织成像质量. 利用最小灰度差匹配、Lorentzian曲线极值拟合和谱域光程差补偿等方法对A 扫描信号进行幅值配准. 通过对A扫描信号相位分布特征的匹配实现相位差检测与配准. 通过求已配准的A 扫描复信号之差, 消除静态组织对血流成像的影响. 进行了人眼扫描实验, 有效提取了视网膜三维血流图像. 实验结果表明, 提出的幅值及相位配准方法大大减小了系统扫描精度、人眼跳动等因素对生物组织在体成像质量的影响. 快速、精确的相位配准方法也可广泛应用在多普勒OCT、相位显微等与相位分辨有关的光学成像领域. 关键词： 频域光学相干层析 配准 血流成像 相位分布特征     

一种复谱频域OCT成像方法

为了提高频域OCT成像系统的性能,提出一种复谱频域OCT成像方法。给出了系统结构及核心模块设计,从理论上论证了系统的设计原理。提出一种复振幅干涉光谱重构算法,并对该重构算法进行了理论分析。总结了该复谱频域OCT成像方法的实施步骤。利用复谱频域OCT的成像方法,进行了仿真试验。理论分析和仿真试验结果表明,利用该复谱频域OCT成像方法,无须使用参考相位移动或调制装置,所生成的被测样品OCT层析图,清除了复共轭镜像和寄生像的影响,能够反映被测样品的真实结构。     

基于受激辐射信号的谱域光学相干层析分子成像方法

鉴于不同生理病理状态下组织复折射率实部的变化不大,传统光学相干层析(OCT)成像技术在分子特异性识别上存在先天不足.为此,本文提出了基于受激辐射信号的OCT成像方法,可在实现传统散射成像的同时,实现基于受激辐射信号的分子成像.在超高分辨率谱域OCT系统的基础上,通过增设光谱分光与调制抽运光支路,建立了基于单宽谱光源的抽运探测谱域OCT系统,详细推导了调制抽运下受激辐射信号的获取与成像公式.利用搭建的抽运探测谱域OCT系统,实现了瞬态受激辐射信号的相干探测.基于同时获取的受激辐射OCT信号和传统OCT信号,成功重构了氮化物粉末构建样品的基于受激辐射信号的分子对比OCT图像.     

基于傅里叶域的全眼OCT成像技术

为了精确的检测眼部疾病造成的整个眼睛形状和尺寸的变化,需要对全眼深度进行高分辨率成像。光学相干层析(OCT)技术作为一种非接触、无损伤高分辨成像技术成为近年来在眼科临床检测及机理研究的有力工具。然而传统的傅里叶域光学相干断层扫描(FD-OCT)受其成像深度的限制不能实现全眼成像。随着OCT技术的发展,成像深度不断提高,近年来逐步实现了全眼OCT成像,并被成功应用于全眼参数测量的研究中。本文全面介绍了全眼FD-OCT技术的发展和应用,重点阐述了频域OCT(SD-COT)和扫描光源OCT(SS-OCT)的最新发展。研究表明,全眼OCT技术对眼睛病理变化的检测有潜在的临床应用价值,并为研究眼部调节、眼部生长以及生物统计学提供了强有力的成像方法。     

正向切片光学相干断层成像系统的信号提取方法

光学相干断层成像(OCT)技术因非入侵、非接触特点和断层成像能力,在眼科、血管内窥等临床医学与药物学中有广泛应用。OCT发展至今,根据成像方向的优先次序,产生了两类技术分支。一类是沿光束入射方向逐线(A-line)扫描的标准型OCT,可生成基于纵向断面扫描(B scan)的图像,常用于眼底组织的层析成像;另一类en-face OCT,也叫正向切片OCT,可在与入射光垂直的方向上生成样品层的横向切片图像,且以显微成像方式来显示生物组织的精细结构,大大丰富了OCT的图像采集与呈现方式。en-face OCT系统可采用不同的信号采集方式,在对其分析和归纳的基础上,对该技术的主要发展方向作了展望。     

用于内窥光学相干层析成像的小型化预标定Lissajous扫描光纤探头

基于非对称光纤悬臂结构的Lissaj ous扫描光纤探头可实现低电压驱动下的大范围扫描成像.本文研究了全封装的小型化预标定Liss ajous扫描光纤探头.通过优化设计与数值仿真,选择了能实现高填充率Liss ajous扫描的正交谐振频率,确定了非对称光纤悬臂的结构参数.全封装探头在5 mm工作距离处的焦点直径为25 μm,视场大小达到1.5 mm × 1.5 mm,总刚性长度和外径分别为35 mm和3.5 mm.研究了全封装探头扫描轨迹的稳定性、可重复性与扫描成像的旋转稳定性.结合实验室搭建的50 kHz扫频光学相干层析(OCT)系统,对硬币和生物组织进行高质量成像,验证了用于内窥OCT成像的小型化预标定Liss ajous扫描光纤探头具有良好的成像性能.     

医用光学仪器

TH7732007010932采用频域快速延迟线的光学相干层析系统的研制=Opti-cal coherence tomography by adopting frequency-domainoptical delay line[刊,中]/史国华(中科院光电所.四川,成都(610209)),丁志华…//光电工程.—2006,33(10).—1-4建立了一套单模光纤型光学相干层析(OCT)成像系统。系统采用了不同于国内其他组的新型频域快速扫描延迟线(FD-ODL)和外差平衡接受技术,采取了一系列提高系统信噪比的方法,成功地实现高信噪比(113dB)、高分辨率、大成像深度的层析图像的提取,获得了纵向分辨率9μm、横向分辨率10μm、深度2.88μm的清…     

光学相干层析系统噪音分析(Ⅱ)——时域OCT和频域OCT

本文作为前文《光学相干层析系统噪音分析(I)》的后续,对时域OCT和频域OCT的噪音和灵敏度进行了详细的分析和计算,证明与时域OCT系统不同,频域OCT系统的信噪比与光源带宽和纵向扫描深度无关,频域OCT系统可以在高速率图像采集的情况下仍然保持探测系统的大动态范围.     

基于蒙特卡罗模拟的超声辅助OCT成像研究

通过蒙特卡罗模拟方法研究了超声波提高OCT成像质量的机理,以宏观经典理论和微观量子理论分别阐述了光和超声的相互作用,建立了存在超声辅助时光在生物组织中传播的模型,模拟了有超声辅助和无超声辅助两种情况下生物组织多次散射光的分布.模拟结果表明,与光平行射入生物组织的超声波能够使OCT成像系统中的多次散射光降低80%,携带组织信息的单次散射光在组织返回光中所占比重增大为无超声辅助时的2倍,从而增大了OCT成像的探测深度及图像对比度.     

基于快速扫描光学延迟线谐振扫描的相位调制方法

提出利用快速扫描光学延迟线(Rapid Scanning Optical Delay Line,RSOD)作为光学相干层析成像(Optical Coherence Tomography,OCT)系统的相位调制器,并采用正弦驱动方式(谐振扫描)来提高扫描频率,进而实现高频相位调制的方法.介绍了基于RSOD相位调制器的干涉信号包络解调方法,分析了大振镜低频率线性驱动、小振镜高频线性驱动和大振镜高速正弦驱动三种实施方案对OCT性能的影响,并针对谐振扫描方案中轴向扫描的非线性提出了图像畸变定量校正的方法.结果表明:RSOD大振镜谐振扫描的模式能够兼顾系统成像速度、成像范围以及系统信噪比的要求,是一种行之有效的相位调制方法.     

Use of a scanner to modulate spatial interferograms for in vivo full-range Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography

We report a new yet simple method to achieve full-range complex Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) for in vivo imaging. The method utilizes a scanner that is dedicated for lateral scanning in the system to introduce a constant carrier frequency into the OCT spectral interferograms during the scanning. This is achieved by simply offsetting the sampling beam spot away from the pivot point of the scanning mirror. We demonstrate the method experimentally for in vivo full-range imaging of the anterior segment of a human eye. The method is free from complex conjugate mirror image and self-cross-correlation image artifacts.     

Path-length-resolved diffusive particle dynamics in spectral-domain optical coherence tomography

We describe a new method to measure the decorrelation rate of the optical coherence tomography (OCT) magnitude simultaneously in space and time. We measure the decorrelation rate of the OCT magnitude in a Fourier-domain OCT system for a large range of translational diffusion coefficients by varying the sphere diameter. The described method uses the sensitivity advantage of Fourier-domain OCT over time-domain OCT to increase the particle diffusion imaging speed by a factor of 200. By coherent gating, we reduce the contribution of multiple scattering to the detected signal, allowing a quantitative study of diffusive particle dynamics in high concentration samples. We demonstrate that this technique is well suited to image diffusive particle dynamics in samples with a complex geometry as we measure the morphology and diffusive particle dynamics simultaneously with both high spatial and high temporal resolution.     

光学相干层析成像色散补偿研究

针对通过增加光源谱宽度来提高光学相干层析成像系统分辨率时样品色散特性的限制作用,分析了色散与光学相干层析成像系统纵向光程分辨率的约束关系.根据物质色散特性,采用数值变换方法对光学相干层析成像相干成像信号进行了色散补偿.实验使用了中心波长1 550 nm 自激发辐射光源和光纤迈克尓逊干涉结构,对水和光学快速扫描延迟线引入的二阶和三阶色散进行了数值补偿并通过相位修正因子来改善补偿效果.确定了一种普适的、快速的数值色散补偿方法.在对水中盖玻片和生物组织和的光学相干层析成像图像的色散补偿实验中取得了良好的效果,证明了方法的可行性.     

正弦相位调制的频域光学相干层析成像

提出一种基于正弦相位调制的频域光学相干层析成像,利用正弦相位调制干涉术探测复频域干涉条纹的实部和虚部,重建复频域干涉条纹。对该复频域干涉条纹作逆傅里叶变换后,消除了频域光学相干层析成像中存在的复共轭镜像以及直流背景和自相干噪声。对玻璃片样品进行了层析成像实验。实验结果表明,采用正弦相位调制的频域光学相干层析成像,将可利用的成像深度范围扩大到原来的2倍,实现了全深度探测的频域光学相干层析成像。     

Phase-shifting digital holography with burst imaging method

The application of a burst imaging method to digital holography (DH) with multiple image capturing is firstly demonstrated. Nobody has discussed this approach explicitly, although the burst imaging method is not so uncommon. The burst imaging method intermittently captures several images with a high repetition rate followed by a relatively long rest time. If the light wave from an object has a much smaller complex amplitude change in the frame interval of an image sensor than the precision of the DH system, the wave can be regarded as being in a static state. As a result, this solves a fatal problem in DH for an object that moves or deforms while capturing multiple interference images. In this research, the burst imaging method was applied to phase-shifting DH, and it is simply implemented by a high-speed image sensor and a continuous phase shifting which is good for high-speed phase shifting. The measurement error was analytically solved for the movement speed of an object. Finally, the proposed method was experimentally used to observe an evaporating droplet of ethanol on a glass substrate.

     

Holoscopy--holographic optical coherence tomography

Scanning optical coherence tomography (OCT) is limited in sensitivity and resolution by the restricted focal depth of the confocal detection scheme. Holoscopy, a combination of holography and Fourier-domain full-field OCT, is proposed as a way to detect photons from all depths of a sample volume simultaneously with uniform sensitivity and lateral resolution, even at high NAs. By using the scalar diffraction theory, as frequently applied in digital holographic imaging, we fully reconstruct the object field with depth-invariant imaging quality. In vivo imaging of human skin is demonstrated with an image quality comparable to conventionally scanned OCT.     

Full range complex spectral optical coherence tomography technique in eye imaging

We demonstrate a new implementation of complex spectral optical coherence tomography (OCT) in biomedical imaging. By reconstruction of both amplitude and phase we are able to use the negative and positive optical path differences to get images of objects of considerable thickness. An accompanying reduction of coherent noise improves the quality of the images. The property of the complex spectral OCT that permits the measurement range to be increased and permits the simultaneous use of phase and amplitude in spectral systems was not described previously. To show the potential of this technique we measured an anterior chamber of a porcine eye in vitro.     

In vivo Fourier-domain full-field OCT of the human retina with 1.5 million A-lines/s

In vivo full-field (FF) optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of human retina are presented by using a rapidly tunable laser source in combination with an ultra-high-speed camera. Fourier-domain FF-OCT provided a way to increase the speed of retinal imaging by parallel acquisition of A-scans. Reduced contrast caused by cross talk was observed only below the retinal pigment epithelium. With a 100Hz sweep rate, FF-OCT was fast enough to acquire OCT images with acceptable motion artifacts. FF-OCT allows ultrafast retinal imaging, boosting image speed by a lack of moving parts and a considerably higher irradiation power.