Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 38, Issue 8, 0811004(2018)

Speckle Noise Reduction in Fourier Domain Polarization-Sensitive Coherence Tomography by Split-Spectrum

Yan Chen1,2、*, Zhongliang Li1,2, Nan Nan1, Yang Bu1,2, Xuan Wang1,2, Liuhua Pan1,2, and Xiangzhao Wang1,2、*
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  • 1 Laboratory of Information Optics and Opto-Electronic Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Speckle noise is one of the main limiting factors for the image quality of Fourier domain polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (FD-PS-OCT). It reduces image contrast and makes tissue boundaries blurred. In order to improve the image quality, a split-spectrum method for speckle noise reduction is proposed. The method splits FD-PS-OCT interference spectrum into several narrower spectrum. Then a filtering window function is performed on every individual narrower spectrum. After the traditional FD-PS-OCT data processing, the several individual spectrums can be averaged to suppress speckle noise. Simulations and experiments show that the proposed method can reduce speckle noise effectively and improve the image quality.

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    Yan Chen, Zhongliang Li, Nan Nan, Yang Bu, Xuan Wang, Liuhua Pan, Xiangzhao Wang. Speckle Noise Reduction in Fourier Domain Polarization-Sensitive Coherence Tomography by Split-Spectrum[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2018, 38(8): 0811004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Jan. 25, 2018

    Accepted: Apr. 9, 2018

    Published Online: Sep. 6, 2018

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    DOI:10.3788/AOS201838.0811004

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