title: Polarization-sensitive full-field optical coherence tomography.
abstract: We present a polarization-sensitive full-field optical coherence tomography system that can produce high-resolution images of the linear retardance and reflectivity properties of biological media. En face images can be delivered at a frame rate of 3.5 Hz by combination of interferometric images acquired by two CCD cameras in an interference microscope illuminated with a tungsten halogen lamp. Isotropic spatial resolution of approximately 1.0 microm is achieved. The technique is demonstrated on ex vivo muscle tissues.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Optique Physique, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles, CNRS, UPR A0005, F-75231 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Gael
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moneron
authors.forename: Albert-Claude
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Boccara
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dubois
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016880:Anisotropy; D004867:Equipment Design; D007368:Interferometry; D008027:Light; D008857:Microscopy, Interference; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D009991:Oscillometry; D033561:Penaeidae; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D013623:Tail / Q000378:metabolism; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*