%0 Journal Article
%T Optical Coherence-domain Imaging of Subcutaneous Human Blood Vessels in vivo
%J Advances in Life Sciences
%@ 2163-1395
%D 2011
%I 
%R 10.5923/j.als.20110102.07
%X Experimental methods of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) are applied for two-dimensional mapping of subcutaneous human blood vessels. Structural images of in vivo human finger and human palm macro vessels (0.2-1.0 mm) before and after optical clearing using the modified low power rapid scanning optical delay line are presented. Images are scanned with 12 ¦Ìm minimum spatial resolution. The described modifications enable to apply low power (0.4-0.5 mW), low noise broadband near infrared light source and to obtain structural images with detection of not only reflected but also multiply scattered coherence-gated photons. The achieved transcutaneous probing depth is about 1.6-1.8 mm.
%K Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
%K Low Power Rapid Scanning Optical Delay Line
%K Optical Clearing
%K Differential Imaging
%K Blood Vessels Visualization
%K Coherence Probing Depth (CPD)
%U http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.als.20110102.07.html