METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING IN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY BY MEANS OF A TUNABLE LIGHT SOURCE

The invention relates to a method for signal processing in optical coherence tomography by means of a tunable light source (swept source), comprising the following steps: tuning the light source and sensing a signal intensity of the light source in linear dependence on the respective wave number (k)...

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Hauptverfasser: FRITZ, Andreas, MARTENSEN, Björn
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The invention relates to a method for signal processing in optical coherence tomography by means of a tunable light source (swept source), comprising the following steps: tuning the light source and sensing a signal intensity of the light source in linear dependence on the respective wave number (k) of the tunable light source and producing a signal intensity distribution in dependence on k; applying a window function to the sensed signal intensity distribution and producing a weighted signal intensity distribution; and applying a fast Fourier transform (FFT) to the weighted signal intensity distribution; and characterized in that, in the tuning of the light source, the tuned frequency spectrum is limited to a passband of the window function.