title: Analysis of multimode fiber bundles for endoscopic spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.
abstract: A theoretical analysis of the use of a fiber bundle in spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems is presented. The fiber bundle enables a flexible endoscopic design and provides fast, parallelized acquisition of the OCT data. However, the multimode characteristic of the fibers in the fiber bundle affects the depth sensitivity of the imaging system. A description of light interference in a multimode fiber is presented along with numerical simulations and experimental studies to illustrate the theoretical analysis.
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Risi
authors.forename: Houssine
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makhlouf
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Rouse
authors.forename: Arthur F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Gmitro
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008027:Light; D055096:Optical Devices; D055100:Optical Fibers; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*