Method and apparatus for reducing speckle in optical coherence tomography images
US6847449B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 27, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N21/4795
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reducing speckle due to MSL, without any loss of resolution, by averaging over different angles of the incident light at low input resolution, while collecting the backscattered light at a full resolution of a lens is described. The present invention allows discrimination against the speckle due to coherent MSL.
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