Improved rejection of multiply scattered photons in confocal microscopy using dual-axes architecture |
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Authors: | Wong Larry K Mandella Michael J Kino Gordon S Wang Thomas D |
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Affiliation: | Stanford University, CA 94305, USA. lkcwong@stanford.edu |
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Abstract: | We perform Monte Carlo simulations to show that the dual-axes (DA) confocal architecture has superior rejection of multiply scattered photons in tissue to that of single axis. As a result, the DA configuration provides improved signal-to-noise ratio and dynamic range, and thus is sensitive to ballistic photons from deeper within tissue, features that are particularly useful for performing vertical cross-sectional reflectance images in tissue. |
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