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ArticleBiomedical optics express2018

Effective bidirectional scanning pattern for optical coherence tomography angiography.

Myeong Jin Ju, Morgan Heisler, Arman Athwal, Marinko V Sarunic, Yifan Jian

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Article in Biomedical optics express, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Myeong Jin JuSimon Fraser University, Department of Engineering Science, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada.
Morgan HeislerSimon Fraser University, Department of Engineering Science, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada.
Arman AthwalSimon Fraser University, Department of Engineering Science, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada.
Marinko V SarunicSimon Fraser University, Department of Engineering Science, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada.
Yifan JianSimon Fraser University, Department of Engineering Science, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada.
Simon Fraser University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We demonstrate the utility of a novel scanning method for optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). Although raster scanning is commonly used for OCTA imaging, a bidirectional approach would lessen the distortion caused by galvanometer-based scanners as sources continue to increase sweep rates. As shown, a unidirectional raster scan approach has a lower effective scanning time than bidirectional approaches; however, a strictly bidirectional approach causes contrast variation along the B-scan direction due to the non-uniform time interval between B-scans. Therefore, a stepped bidirectional approach is introduced and successfully applied to retinal imaging in normal controls and in a pathological subject with diabetic retinopathy.

Indexed as

(170.4460) Ophthalmic optics and devices(170.4470) Ophthalmology(170.4500) Optical coherence tomography

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PMID29760992
PMCPMC5946793
OpenAlexW2801553030

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