Real-time measurement of in vitro flow by Fourier-domain color Doppler optical coherence tomography

Rainer A. Leitgeb*, Leopold Schmetterer, Christoph K. Hitzenberger, Adolf F. Fercher, Fatma Berisha, Maciej Wojtkowski, Tomasz Bajraszewski

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Abstract

The possibility of measuring a full Doppler flow depth profile in parallel by use of frequency-domain optical coherence tomography is demonstrated. The method is based on a local phase analysis of the backscattered signal and allows for imaging of bidirectional Doppler flow. The Doppler frequency limit is 5 kHz for the presented measurements and is set by half of the frame rate of the CCD detector array. We measured the flow of 0.3-μm microspheres suspended in distilled water at controlled flow rates and in vitro human blood flow through a 200-μm capillary with a real-time color-encoded Doppler tomogram rate of 2-3/s.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)171-173
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume29
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 15 2004
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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