title: Time-domain interpolation for Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography.
abstract: The imaging speed and quality of a Fourier-domain optical-coherence-tomography (FD-OCT) technique is largely limited by the resampling process. A time-domain interpolation approach based on zero padding is proposed that gets a close fall-off but much-reduced imaging time in FD-OCT data processing as compared with the common zero-padding interpolation method. The experimental results obtained with an FD-OCT system using a 2048 pixel line scan camera showed that the fall-off was improved by ~2 dB in deep z position and that the processing time was reduced to 468 ms per 400 axial scan lines with a Pentium Dual E2140 computer; that is, a more than 95% reduction compared with the conventional zero-padding approach.
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory on Adaptive Optics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China.
authors.forename: Yudong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiqi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhihua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Guohua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shi