title: Single camera spectral domain polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography using offset B-scan modulation.
abstract: We report a simple implementation to acquire spectral domain polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PSOCT) using a single camera. By combining a dual-delay assembly in the reference arm and offset B-scan in the sample arm, the orthogonal vertical- and horizontal-polarized images were acquired in parallel and spatially separated by a fixed distance in the full range image space. The two orthogonal polarization images were recombined to calculate the intensity, retardance and fast-axis images. This system was easy to implement and capable of acquiring high-speed in vivo 3D polarization-sensitive OCT images.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 USA. cf7b6@mail.missouri.edu
authors.forename: Chuanmao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004867:Equipment Design; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008027:Light; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*