A semi-analytical model accounting for multiple scattering in optical coherence tomography

Boris Karamata; Patrick Lambelet; Marcel Leutenegger; Markus Laubscher; Stephane Bourquin; Theo Lasser

doi:10.1117/12.590237

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13 April 2005 A semi-analytical model accounting for multiple scattering in optical coherence tomography

Boris Karamata, Patrick Lambelet, Marcel Leutenegger, Markus Laubscher, Stephane Bourquin, Theo Lasser

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Proceedings Volume 5690, Coherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine IX; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.590237
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2005, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We present a semi-analytical model of optical coherence tomography (OCT) taking into account multiple scattering. The model rests on the assumptions that the measured portion of the backscattered sample field is spatially coherent and that the sample is motionless relative to measurement time. This allows modeling an OCT signal as a sum of spatially coherent fields with random phase arguments-constant during measurement time-caused by multiple scattering. We calculate the mean OCT signal from classical results of statistical optics and a Monte Carlo simulation. Our model is shown to be in very good agreement with a whole range of experimental data gathered in a comprehensive study of cross-talk in wide-field OCT realized with spatially coherent illumination. The study consists of depth scan measurements of a mirror covered with an aqueous suspension of microspheres. We investigate the dependence of cross-talk on important optical system parameters, as well as on some relevant sample properties. We discuss the more complex OCT models based on the extended Huygens-Fresnel principle, which rest on different assumptions since they assume partially coherent interfering fields.

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Boris Karamata, Patrick Lambelet, Marcel Leutenegger, Markus Laubscher, Stephane Bourquin, and Theo Lasser "A semi-analytical model accounting for multiple scattering in optical coherence tomography", Proc. SPIE 5690, Coherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine IX, (13 April 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.590237

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