Normalized field autocorrelation function-based optical coherence tomography three-dimensional angiography

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2019-03
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Tang, Jianbo
Erdener, Sefik Evren
Sunil, Smrithi
Boas, David A.
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Jianbo Tang, Sefik Evren Erdener, Smrithi Sunil, and David A. Boas "Normalized field autocorrelation function-based optical coherence tomography three-dimensional angiography," Journal of Biomedical Optics 24(3), 036005 (13 March 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.24.3.036005
Abstract
Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) has been widely used for en face visualization of the microvasculature, but is challenged for real three-dimensional (3-D) topologic imaging due to the "tail" artifacts that appear below large vessels. Further, OCTA is generally incapable of differentiating descending arterioles from ascending venules. We introduce a normalized field autocorrelation function-based OCTA (g1-OCTA), which minimizes the tail artifacts and is capable of distinguishing penetrating arterioles from venules in the 3-D image. g1   (  τ  )   is calculated from repeated optical coherence tomography (OCT) acquisitions for each spatial location. The decay amplitude of g1   (  τ  )   is retrieved to represent the dynamics for each voxel. To account for the small g1   (  τ  )   decay in capillaries where red blood cells are flowing slowly and discontinuously, Intralipid is injected to enhance the OCT signal. We demonstrate that the proposed technique realizes 3-D OCTA with negligible tail projections and the penetrating arteries are readily identified. In addition, compared to regular OCTA, the proposed g1-OCTA largely increased the depth-of-field. This technique provides a more accurate rendering of the vascular 3-D anatomy and has the potential for more quantitative characterization of vascular networks.
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