Bulk-phase-error correction for phase-sensitive signal processing of optical coherence tomography

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<jats:p>We present a numerical phase stabilization method for phase-sensitive signal processing of optical coherence tomography (OCT). This method removes the bulk phase error caused by the axial bulk motion of the sample and the environmental perturbation during volumetric acquisition. In this method, the partial derivatives of the phase error are computed along both fast and slow scanning directions, so that the vectorial gradient field of the phase error is given. Then, the phase error is estimated from the vectorial gradient field by a newly developed line integration method; a smart integration path method. The performance of this method was evaluated by analyzing the spatial frequency spectra of <jats:italic>en face</jats:italic> OCT images, and it objectively shows the significant phase-error-correction ability of the method. The performance was also evaluated by observing computationally refocused <jats:italic>en face</jats:italic> images of <jats:italic>ex vivo</jats:italic> tissue samples, and it was found that the image quality was improved by the phase-error correction.</jats:p>

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