Abstract
A model is developed for optical coherence tomography and interferometric synthetic aperture microscopy (ISAM) systems employing full-field frequency-scanned illumination with partial spatial coherence. This model is used to derive efficient ISAM inverse scattering algorithms that give diffraction-limited resolution in regions typically regarded as out of focus. Partial spatial coherence of the source is shown to have the advantage of mitigating multiple-scattering effects that can otherwise produce significant artifacts in full-field coherent imaging.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 376-386 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Feb 1 2009 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition