Optical tomography along the geometrical thickness by combination of coherence-gate and confocal imagings

摘要

We demonstrate a novel optical tomography along the geometrical thickness, reflecting a real cross-sectional structure of an object. This unique tomography is formed by combination of the conventional optical coherence tomography (OCT) and a confocal tomography that is demonstrated for the first time, to our knowledge. The imaging principle and optics are presented as well as imaging examples.