SGER: Integrated-Optic Delay Network for Optical Coherence Tomography

0134707Izatt光学相干断层扫描已经成熟为一种成功的介观生物医学成像技术，目前正在研究基础生物学和临床医学中的许多应用。 实时成像在医学诊断情况下是特别相关的，其中期望快速地筛选大的组织区域。 本申请提出了一个全新的概念，大规模生产，固有的鲁棒性，数字寻址集成光学光学延迟线的光学相干断层扫描的发展。 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，该模块将作为使能技术以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.