Fiber-optic rotational device, optical system and method for imaging a sample

BE Bouma, GJ Tearney, M Shishkov - US Patent 7,382,949, 2008 - Google Patents
A device, system and method for transmitting electro-magnetic radiation between at least
two separate fibers (as well as for imaging a sample) are provided. For example, a first …

Apparatus and method for ranging and noise reduction of low coherence interferometry LCI and optical coherence tomography OCT signals by parallel detection of …

JF De Boer, GJ Tearney, BE Bouma - US Patent 7,355,716, 2008 - Google Patents
Apparatus, method, logic arrangement and storage medium are provided for increasing the
sensitivity in the detection of optical coherence tomography and low coherence interfer …

Reproducibility of optical biometry using partial coherence interferometry: intraobserver and interobserver reliability

A Vogel, HB Dick, F Krummenauer - Journal of Cataract & Refractive …, 2001 - Elsevier
Purpose: To evaluate the intraobserver and interobserver variability in axial length (AL),
anterior chamber depth (ACD), and corneal radius measurements using an optical biometry …

Non-contact optical system, computer-accessible medium and method for measurement at least one mechanical property of tissue using coherent speckle technique …

SK Nadkarni, GJ Tearney - US Patent 9,351,642, 2016 - Google Patents
Exemplary embodiments of apparatus and method for determining at least one material
property of an anatomical structure can be provided. According to one exemplary …

Comparison of three methods of measuring corneal thickness and anterior chamber depth

W Buehl, D Stojanac, S Sacu, W Drexler… - American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To compare three different methods of measuring corneal thickness (CT) and
anterior chamber depth (ACD). DESIGN: Prospective clinical trial (Medical University of …

Process and apparatus for a wavelength tuning source

B Bouma, SHA Yun, WYW Oh, J Deboer… - US Patent …, 2009 - Google Patents
An apparatus and source arrangement for filtering an electromagnetic radiation can be
provided which may include at least one spectral separating arrangement configured to …

Dispersion effects in partial coherence interferometry: implications for intraocular ranging

CK Hitzenberger, A Baumgartner… - Journal of …, 1999 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In nondispersive media, the minimum distance that can be resolved by partial coherence
interferometry (PCI) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) is inversely proportional to the …

System and method for identifying tissue using low-coherence interferometry

GJ Tearney, MS Shishkov, NV Iftimia… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
An apparatus for needle biopsy with real time tissue differ entiation using one dimensional
interferometric ranging imaging, comprising a biopsy device having a barrel and a needle …

Accuracy of a new partial coherence interferometry analyser for biometric measurements

MP Holzer, M Mamusa, GU Auffarth - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009 - bjo.bmj.com
Aims: Precise biometry is an essential preoperative measurement for refractive surgery as
well as cataract surgery. A new device based on partial coherence interferometry technology …

Biometric investigation of changes in the anterior eye segment during accommodation

W Drexler, A Baumgartner, O Findl, CK Hitzenberger… - Vision Research, 1997 - Elsevier
Non-invasive biometry of the anterior structures of the human eye can be performed with
unprecedented precision of 8–10 μm and a resolution of∼ 9 μm by partial coherence …