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Suppression of image artifacts in the spectral-domain optical coherence tomography

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In this paper, we review methods for obtaining in vivo optical images of bio-objects with the resolution ranged from several units to tens of micrometers, namely, the methods of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. We focus on problems that are specific of the spectral-domain optical coherence tomography, namely, the presence of coherent noise and mirror-symmetric phantoms in the image. On the basis of the most important relevant publications, we analyze possibilities of eliminating these drawbacks in modern devices.

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 52, No. 11, pp. 897–909, November 2009.

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Gelikonov, V.M., Kasatkina, I.V. & Shilyagin, P.A. Suppression of image artifacts in the spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. Radiophys Quantum El 52, 810–821 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-010-9188-x

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