title: Reducing misfocus-related motion artefacts in laser speckle contrast imaging.
abstract: Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging (LSCI) is a flexible, easy-to-implement technique for measuring blood flow speeds in-vivo. In order to obtain reliable quantitative data from LSCI the object must remain in the focal plane of the imaging system for the duration of the measurement session. However, since LSCI suffers from inherent frame-to-frame noise, it often requires a moving average filter to produce quantitative results. This frame-to-frame noise also makes the implementation of rapid autofocus system challenging. In this work, we demonstrate an autofocus method and system based on a novel measure of misfocus which serves as an accurate and noise-robust feedback mechanism. This measure of misfocus is shown to enable the localization of best focus with sub-depth-of-field sensitivity, yielding more accurate estimates of blood flow speeds and blood vessel diameters.
authors: Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3G9, Canada.
authors: Dene
authors: D
authors: Ringuette
authors: Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3G9, Canada ; The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 10 King's College Road, Toronto, ON M5S 3G4, Canada.
authors: Iliya
authors: I
authors: Sigal
authors: Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3G9, Canada ; The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 10 King's College Road, Toronto, ON M5S 3G4, Canada.
authors: Raanan
authors: R
authors: Gad
authors: Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3G9, Canada ; The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 10 King's College Road, Toronto, ON M5S 3G4, Canada.
authors: Ofer
authors: O
authors: Levi
keywords: (110.6150) Speckle imaging; (110.7348) Wavefront encoding; (170.6480) Spectroscopy, speckle
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