Image signal-to-noise ratio in optical coherence tomography is dependent upon axial resolution

Danielle J. Harper; Benjamin J. Vakoc

doi:10.1117/12.2616059

9 December 2021 Image signal-to-noise ratio in optical coherence tomography is dependent upon axial resolution

Proceedings Volume 11924, Optical Coherence Imaging Techniques and Imaging in Scattering Media IV; 119240S (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2616059
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2021, Online Only

Abstract

The signal-to-noise ratio in optical coherence tomography images increases as the axial resolution is degraded. This is only true for signals originating from regions of a sample which are larger than the resolution itself.

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Danielle J. Harper and Benjamin J. Vakoc "Image signal-to-noise ratio in optical coherence tomography is dependent upon axial resolution", Proc. SPIE 11924, Optical Coherence Imaging Techniques and Imaging in Scattering Media IV, 119240S (9 December 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2616059

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