Computational adaptive optics for broadband interferometric tomography of tissues and cells

Steven G. Adie; Jeffrey A. Mulligan

doi:10.1117/12.2217203

15 March 2016 Computational adaptive optics for broadband interferometric tomography of tissues and cells

Steven G. Adie, Jeffrey A. Mulligan

Proceedings Volume 9717, Adaptive Optics and Wavefront Control for Biological Systems II; 971716 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217203
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Adaptive optics (AO) can shape aberrated optical wavefronts to physically restore the constructive interference needed for high-resolution imaging. With access to the complex optical field, however, many functions of optical hardware can be achieved computationally, including focusing and the compensation of optical aberrations to restore the constructive interference required for diffraction-limited imaging performance. Holography, which employs interferometric detection of the complex optical field, was developed based on this connection between hardware and computational image formation, although this link has only recently been exploited for 3D tomographic imaging in scattering biological tissues. This talk will present the underlying imaging science behind computational image formation with optical coherence tomography (OCT) — a beam-scanned version of broadband digital holography. Analogous to hardware AO (HAO), we demonstrate computational adaptive optics (CAO) and optimization of the computed pupil correction in 'sensorless mode' (Zernike polynomial corrections with feedback from image metrics) or with the use of 'guide-stars' in the sample. We discuss the concept of an 'isotomic volume' as the volumetric extension of the 'isoplanatic patch' introduced in astronomical AO. Recent CAO results and ongoing work is highlighted to point to the potential biomedical impact of computed broadband interferometric tomography. We also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of HAO vs. CAO for the effective shaping of optical wavefronts, and highlight opportunities for hybrid approaches that synergistically combine the unique advantages of hardware and computational methods for rapid volumetric tomography with cellular resolution.

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Steven G. Adie and Jeffrey A. Mulligan "Computational adaptive optics for broadband interferometric tomography of tissues and cells", Proc. SPIE 9717, Adaptive Optics and Wavefront Control for Biological Systems II, 971716 (15 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217203

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