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Two applications of solid phantoms in performance assessment of optical coherence tomography systems

Avanaki, Mohammad R. N., Podoleanu, Adrian G.H., Price, Mark C., Corr, Serena A., Hojjatoleslami, S.A. (2013) Two applications of solid phantoms in performance assessment of optical coherence tomography systems. Applied Optics, 52 (29). pp. 7054-7061. ISSN 1559-128X. (doi:10.1364/AO.52.007054) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:49321)

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Abstract

Virtual tissues (phantoms) are widely used for performance evaluation of imaging systems. Specific design of the phantom is necessary for the correct assessment of a system's parameters. In an effort to reduce the amount of time and energy spent making application-oriented phantoms, we describe procedures to make epoxy-resin solid phantoms based on Mie scattering theory, with two different scatterers: polystyrene and gold microspheres. The phantoms are specifically designed to be used in two applications: (a) the gold microspheres solid phantoms are used to estimate the point-spread function (PSF) of an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system, and (b) the polystyrene solid phantom are used to evaluate the performance of an OCT-images optical properties extraction (OPE) algorithm. Phantoms with differing combination of materials have been tested to achieve the most suitable combination for producing an accurate PSF for application (a) and a valid evaluation/parameter optimization of the algorithm in application (b). An en face time-domain dynamic focus OCT is used for imaging. © 2013 Optical Society of America.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1364/AO.52.007054
Additional information: Unmapped bibliographic data: LA - English [Field not mapped to EPrints] J2 - Appl. Opt. [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Neurosciences and Medical Image Computing Group, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7PD, United Kingdom [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH, United Kingdom [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH, United Kingdom [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Functional Materials Group, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH, United Kingdom [Field not mapped to EPrints] DB - Scopus [Field not mapped to EPrints]
Uncontrolled keywords: Algorithms, Gold, Microspheres, Polystyrenes, Scattering, Application-oriented, Gold microspheres, Mie scattering theory, Performance assessment, Point-spread functions, Solid phantoms, Time-domain dynamics, Virtual tissues, Optical tomography
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R857.O6 Optical instruments
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Giles Tarver
Date Deposited: 15 Jul 2015 09:25 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Feb 2021 13:26 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/49321 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Podoleanu, Adrian G.H..

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4899-9656
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Price, Mark C..

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