Inventors:
Marc D. Feldman - San Antonio TX, US
Thomas E. Milner - Austin TX, US
Jung Hwan Oh - Austin TX, US
Eunha Kim - Austin TX, US
Karthik Kumar - Austin TX, US
Chris Condit - Austin TX, US
Robert Grant - Austin TX, US
Nate Kemp - Austin TX, US
Jeehyun Kim - Irvine CA, US
Shaochen Chen - Austin TX, US
Li-Hsin Han - Austin TX, US
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System - Austin TX
International Classification:
A61B 1/00, A61B 1/07
US Classification:
600182, 600130, 600160, 600170, 600478
Abstract:
The embodiments disclosed herein is related to a system for optical coherence tomographic imaging of turbid (i. e. , scattering) materials utilizing multiple channels of information. The multiple channels of information may be comprised and encompass spatial, angle, spectral and polarization domains. More specifically, the embodiments disclosed herein is related to methods and apparatus for utilizing optical sources, systems or receivers capable of providing (source), processing (system) or recording (receiver) a multiplicity of channels of spectral information for optical coherence tomographic imaging of turbid materials. In these methods and apparatus the multiplicity of channels of spectral information that can be provided by the source, processed by the system, or recorded by the receiver are used to convey simultaneously spatial, spectral or polarimetric information relating to the turbid material being imaged tomographically. The multichannel optical coherence tomographic methods can be incorporated into an endoscopic probe for imaging a patient. The endoscope comprises an optical fiber array and can comprise a plurality of optical fibers adapted to be disposed in the patient.