Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical coherence tomography imaging system and method
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Application No.: US14191682Application Date: 2014-02-27
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Publication No.: US09784561B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: James Y. Jiang , Scott Barry , Alex E. Cable
- Applicant: Thorlabs, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Newton
- Assignee: Thorlabs, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Thorlabs, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Newton
- Agency: Graham Curtin, P.A.
- Main IPC: G01B9/02
- IPC: G01B9/02

Abstract:
An optical imaging system includes an optical radiation source (410, 510), a frequency clock module outputting frequency clock signals (420), an optical interferometer (430), a data acquisition (DAQ) device (440) triggered by the frequency clock signals, and a computer (450) to perform multi-dimensional optical imaging of the samples. The frequency clock signals are processed by software or hardware to produce a record containing frequency-time relationship of the optical radiation source (410, 510) to externally clock the sampling process of the DAQ device (440). The system may employ over-sampling and various digital signal processing methods to improve image quality. The system further includes multiple stages of routers (1418, 1425) connecting the light source (1410) with a plurality of interferometers (1420a-1420n) and a DAQ system (1450) externally clocked by frequency clock signals to perform high-speed multi-channel optical imaging of samples.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170248405A9 OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2017-08-31
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