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8 March 2013 Increasing PS-SDOCT SNR using correlated coherent averaging
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Abstract
Using data from our previously described otoscope1 that uses 1310 nm phase-sensitive spectral domain optical coherence tomography (PS-SDOCT), we demonstrate a software technique for improving the signal-to-noise (SNR). This method is a software post-processing algorithm applicable to generic PS-SDOCT data describing phase versus time at a specific depth position. By sub-sampling the time trace and shifting the phase of the subsamples to maximize their correlation, the subsamples can be coherently averaged, which increases the SNR.
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Tracy C. Petrie, Sripriya Ramamoorthy, Steven L. Jacques, and Alfred L. Nuttall "Increasing PS-SDOCT SNR using correlated coherent averaging", Proc. SPIE 8565, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics IX, 85651O (8 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2008963
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KEYWORDS
Signal to noise ratio

Optical coherence tomography

Ear

Interference (communication)

Data acquisition

Neodymium

Signal processing

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