Monitoring refractive index variations in turbid media using phase-sensitive frequency-domain OCT

Kirill V. Larin, Rinat O. Esenaliev, Eunha Kim, Sanghoon Oh, Massoud Motamedi, Thomas E. Milner

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Abstract

Functional imaging of clear and tissue-simulating phantoms using phase-resolved swept-source spectroscopic OCT (PhS-SSOCT) is described. Superior sensitivity of PhS-SSOCT technique to monitor ultra-small changes in sample refractive index is demonstrated using aqueous solutions of glucose and aqueous suspensions of polystyrene microspheres and glucose. Glucose-induced changes in the phase are found to be 0.039 rad/mM and 0.037 rad/mM in the 200 μm-thick cell for clear and turbid media, respectively, that is in good agreement with our previous data obtained using differential-phase time-domain OCT. Obtained results suggest that PhS-SSOCT has a potential for noninvasive, depth-resolved, real-time quantitative monitoring of concentrations of glucose and other analytes with high accuracy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number70
Pages (from-to)422-425
Number of pages4
JournalProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume5690
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
EventCoherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine IX - San Jose, CA, United States
Duration: Jan 23 2005Jan 26 2005

Keywords

  • OCT
  • Phase measurements
  • Swept-source

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Biomaterials

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