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Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Technique and Its Applications

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A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B：Biology and Biomedicine".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 1615

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Dear Colleagues,

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become an indispensable tool with the capability of offering in vivo, non-invasive, micron-resolution, dye-free, and 3D imaging. It has now been widely used in clinics and research to image living animals and humans. OCT works as a Michelson Interferometer where the light backscattered from biological tissue interferes with the light traveling in the reference arm. For time-domain OCT (TD-OCT), the reference mirror moves periodically to scan along the axial direction. For Fourier-domain OCT (FD-OCT), the interference is captured either by a spectrometer in spectral-domain OCT (SD-OCT) or by a photodetector in a swept-source OCT (SS-OCT). The emerging extensions of OCT include OCT angiography (OCTA), polarization-sensitive OCT (PS-OCT), Doppler OCT, full-field OCT (FF-OCT), and OCT oximetry. These technologies hold great potential in ophthalmology, dermatology, neuroscience, and other fields. Accordingly, this Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers, communications, and review articles that focus on novel methodological developments and bioengineering applications of OCT.

We look forward to receiving your submissions.

Dr. Shaohua Pi
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optical coherence tomography
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A Novel Small Form-Factor Handheld Optical Coherence Tomography Probe for Oral Soft Tissue Imaging

by Alok K. Kushwaha, Minqi Ji, Sneha Sethi, Lisa Jamieson, Robert A. McLaughlin and Jiawen Li

Micromachines 2024, 15(6), 742; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15060742 - 31 May 2024

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Tissue imaging is crucial in oral cancer diagnostics. Imaging techniques such as X-ray imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and computed tomography (CT) enable the visualization and analysis of tissues, aiding in the detection and diagnosis of cancers. A significant amount of research has been conducted on designing OCT probes for tissue imaging, but most probes are either heavy, bulky and require external mounting or are lightweight but straight. This study addresses these challenges, resulting in a curved lightweight, low-voltage and compact handheld imaging probe for oral soft tissue examination. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first curved handheld OCT probe with its shape optimized for oral applications. This probe features highly compact all-fiber optics with a diameter of 125 μm and utilizes innovative central deflection magnetic actuation for controlled beam scanning. To ensure vertical stability while scanning oral soft tissues, the fiber was secured through multiple narrow slits at the probe’s distal end. This apparatus was encased in a 3D-printed angular cylinder tube (15 mm outer diameter, 12 mm inner diameter and 160 mm in length, weighing < 20 g). An angle of 115° makes the probe easy to hold and suitable for scanning in space-limited locations. To validate the feasibility of this probe, we conducted assessments on a multi-layered imaging phantom and human tissues, visualizing microstructural features with high contrast. Full article

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Growing Trend to Adopt Speckle Variance Optical Coherence Tomography for Biological Tissue Assessments in Pre-Clinical Applications

by Ruchire Eranga Wijesinghe, Nipun Shantha Kahatapitiya, Changho Lee, Sangyeob Han, Shinheon Kim, Sm Abu Saleah, Daewoon Seong, Bhagya Nathali Silva, Udaya Wijenayake, Naresh Kumar Ravichandran, Mansik Jeon and Jeehyun Kim

Micromachines 2024, 15(5), 564; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15050564 - 25 Apr 2024

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Speckle patterns are a generic feature in coherent imaging techniques like optical coherence tomography (OCT). Although speckles are granular like noise texture, which degrades the image, they carry information that can be benefited by processing and thereby furnishing crucial information of sample structures, which can serve to provide significant important structural details of samples in in vivo longitudinal pre-clinical monitoring and assessments. Since the motions of tissue molecules are indicated through speckle patterns, speckle variance OCT (SV-OCT) can be well-utilized for quantitative assessments of speckle variance (SV) in biological tissues. SV-OCT has been acknowledged as a promising method for mapping microvasculature in transverse-directional blood vessels with high resolution in micrometers in both the transverse and depth directions. The fundamental scope of this article reviews the state-of-the-art and clinical benefits of SV-OCT to assess biological tissues for pre-clinical applications. In particular, focus on precise quantifications of in vivo vascular response, therapy assessments, and real-time temporal vascular effects of SV-OCT are primarily emphasized. Finally, SV-OCT-incorporating pre-clinical techniques with high potential are presented for future biomedical applications. Full article

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