Detection of multiple scattering in optical coherence tomography by speckle correlation of angle-dependent B-scans.
Angular diversity is a successful speckle-reduction technique in optical coherence tomography (OCT). We employ angle-dependent detection for a different purpose: to distinguish the singly backscattered and multiply scattered signal components. Single backscattering is highly correlated over a large range of detection angles; multiple scattering rapidly decorrelates as the angle is varied. Theoretical justification is provided using a linear-systems description of the OCT imaging process; detection of multiple scattering is corroborated experimentally.
Hillman
Timothy R
TR
Optical+Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
Curatolo
Andrea
A
Kennedy
Brendan F
BF
Sampson
David D
DD
D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*