Abstract

We demonstrate a dual under-sampling (DUS) method to achieve de-aliased and depth-range-extended optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging. The spectral under-sampling can significantly reduce the data size but causes well-known aliasing artifacts. A change in the sampling frequency used to acquire the interference spectrum alters the aliasing period within the output window except for the true image; this feature is utilized to distinguish the true image from the aliasing artifacts. We demonstrate that with DUS, the data size is reduced to 37% at an extended depth range of 24 mm, over which the true depth can be precisely measured without ambiguity. This reduction in data size and precise measuring capability would be beneficial for reducing the acquisition time for OCT imaging in various biomedical and industrial applications.

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