Spectral domain optical coherence tomography with sub-micrometer sensitivity for measurement of central corneal thickness

We demonstrated a method for measurement of central corneal thickness(CCT) with a sub-micrometer sensitivity using a spectral domain optical coherence tomography system without needing a super broad bandwidth light source. By combining the frequency and phase components of Fourier transform, the method is capable of measurement of a large dynamic range with a high sensitivity. Absolute phases are retrieved by comparing the correlations between the detected and simulated interference fringes. The phase unwrapping ability of the present method was quantitatively tested by measuring the displacement of a piezo linear stage. The human CCTs of six volunteers were measured to verify its clinical application. It provides a potential tool for clinical diagnosis and research applications in ophthalmology.     

Measurement of ocular axial length using full-range spectral-domain low-coherence interferometry

We demonstrate a system for measuring the ocular axial length(AL) with high sensitivity and high speed using spectral-domain low-coherence interferometry(SD-LCI). To address the limit in measuring such a large range by using SD-LCI, we propose a full-range method to recognize the positive and negative depths. The reference arm length is changed synchronously with the shift of the focal point of the probing beam. The system provides a composite depth range that is sufficient to cover the whole eye. We demonstrate the performance of the presented system by measuring the ALs of five volunteers. This system can provide the A-scan ocular biometric assessment of the corneal thickness and AL in 0.1 s.     

谱域相位显微成像的相位解包裹

提出了一种应用于谱域相位显微成像的相位解包裹方法。利用傅里叶变换及合成波长相位计算方法分别得到具有较小噪声的包裹相位和具有较大噪声的解包裹相位,利用解包裹相位与包裹相位之差计算包裹相位的包裹次数,以此对具有较小噪声的包裹相位进行解包裹。该方法消除了现有方法引入的边界分段错误。建立了一种基于合成波长的谱域相位显微成像系统,使用压电位移台定量验证了该系统可以用于大梯度边界的相位解包裹,并进行了红细胞和倾斜镜面的相位成像。该系统在空气中的位移灵敏度为0.043 nm。