SGER: Integrated-Optic Delay Network for Optical Coherence Tomography

光学相干层析成像技术已经发展成为一种成功的介观生物医学成像技术，目前在基础生物学和临床医学中的许多应用正在研究之中。实时成像在医学诊断情况下尤其相关，在这种情况下，希望快速筛查大组织区域。这份意见书建议开发一种全新的概念，用于光学相干层析成像的大规模生产的、固有的坚固的、数字寻址的集成光学延迟线。集成可寻址延迟的成功演示将导致快速、任意可寻址延迟模块的开发，该模块将作为一种使能技术，从而允许该成像技术的更广泛应用。

0134707IzattOptical coherence tomography has matured into a successful mesoscopic biomedical imaging technique, and is currently under investigation for many applications in fundamental biology and clinical medicine. Real-time imaging is particularly pertinent in medical diagnostic situations, where it is desirable to screen large tissue regions rapidly. This submission proposes development of a radically new concept for a mass-produced, inherently robust, digitally addressed integrated-optic optical delay line for optical coherence tomography. Successful demonstration of the integrated addressable delay will lead to development of a fast, arbitrarily addressable delay module which would serve as an enabling technology to allow for wider application of this imaging technique.