论文标题
扫描源光学相干断层扫描系统光谱校准的系统和方法
Systems and Methods for the Spectral Calibration of Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography Systems
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论文摘要
该论文涉及扫度源光学相干断层扫描（SS-OCT）系统到一个新领域的过渡，其中图像采集速度通过数量级提高了图像采集速度。借助提高质量成像技术，加速因素将大大缩短眼睛检查的临床就诊，从而改善了患者和医生的互动经验。这些改进将直接降低全球眼神lin和患者的相关医疗费用。 There are several other embodiments closely related to Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) that could benefit from the ideas presented in this dissertation including: optical coherence microscopy (OCM), full-field OCT (FF-OCT), optical coherence elastography (OCE), optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A), anatomical OCT (aOCT), optical coherence photoacoustic microscopy （OC-PAM），微光学相干断层扫描（$μ$ OCT）等。每一次新的OCT技术的新迭代始终都使用高级信号处理和数据采集算法，使用混合信号架构，校准和信号处理技术。现有的用于数据获取，处理和图像创建的工业实践依赖于常规的信号处理设计流，这些信号处理设计广泛采用既耗时又昂贵的连续/离散技术。本文中提出的想法可以使技术达到服务质量的新维度。
This dissertation relates to the transition of the state of the art of swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) systems to a new realm in which the image acquisition speed is improved by an order of magnitude. With the aid of a better quality imaging technology, the speed-up factor will considerably shorten the eye-exam clinical visits which in turn improves the patient and doctor interaction experience. These improvements will directly lower associated medical costs for eye-clinics and patients worldwide. There are several other embodiments closely related to Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) that could benefit from the ideas presented in this dissertation including: optical coherence microscopy (OCM), full-field OCT (FF-OCT), optical coherence elastography (OCE), optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A), anatomical OCT (aOCT), optical coherence photoacoustic microscopy (OC-PAM), micro optical coherence tomography ($μ$ OCT), among others. Every new iteration of OCT technology has always come about with advanced signal processing and data acquisition algorithms using mixed-signal architectures, calibration and signal processing techniques. The existing industrial practices towards data acquisition, processing, and image creation relies on conventional signal processing design flows, which extensively employ continuous/discrete techniques that are both time-consuming and costly. The ideas presented in this dissertation can take the technology to a new dimension of quality of service.
