title: True logarithmic amplification of frequency clock in SS-OCT for calibration.
abstract: With swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT), imprecise signal calibration prevents optimal imaging of biological tissues such as coronary artery. This work demonstrates an approach using a true logarithmic amplifier to precondition the clock signal, with the effort to minimize the noises and phase errors for optimal calibration. This method was validated and tested with a high-speed SS-OCT. The experimental results manifest its superior ability on optimization of the calibration and improvement of the imaging performance. Particularly, this hardware-based approach is suitable for real-time calibration in a high-speed system where computation time is constrained.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Azimi
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Brezinski