Time domain full field optical coherence tomography microscopy

Abstract

This chapter mostly describes the main characteristics of the full field OCM (FFOCM) systems with an emphasis on the main differences with other systems described in this book: the use of spatially and temporally incoherent sources and large numerical aperture objectives that leads to a 3D ultra–high spatial resolution. We also show that FFOCM can be associated to other imaging modalities such as fluorescence and elasticity in order to increase its sensitivity and specificity when used as a diagnosis tool. Finally FFOCM is shown to successfully match the requirements of a rigid endoscopic system.