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Speckle in Optical Coherence Tomography
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Speckle arises as a natural consequence of the limited spatial-frequency bandwidth of the interference signals measured in optical coherence tomography (OCT). In images of highly scattering biological tissues, speckle has a dual role as a source of noise and as a carrier of information about tissue microstructure. The first half of this paper provides an overview of the origin, statistical properties, and classification of speckle in OCT. The concepts of signal-carrying and signal-degrading speckle are defined in terms of the phase and amplitude disturbances of the sample beam. In the remaining half of the paper, four speckle-reduction methods-polarization diversity, spatial compounding, frequency compounding, and digital signal processing-are discussed and the potential effectiveness of each method is analyzed briefly with the aid of examples. Finally, remaining problems that merit further research are suggested. © 1999 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
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- Authors
- Schmitt, J. M., Xiang, S. H., & Yung, K. M.
- Venue
- Journal of Biomedical Optics
- Publisher
- SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
- Published
- 1999
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 95
- ISSN
- 1083-3668 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2061240737
- Cited by
- 837
- References
- 10
- FWCI
- 7.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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