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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
June I. Medford, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Richard C. Haskell, Claremont, CA (US);
Barbara M. Hoeling, San Dimas, CA (US);
Daniel C. Petersen, Claremont, CA (US);
Ruye Wang, Claremont, CA (US);
Mary E. Williams, Claremont, CA (US);
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
A high resolution optical coherence microscope system for visualizing structures below a surface of a biological sample is provided. The system includes a light source emitting light in a wavelength of between 700 and 1500 nm, the light being directed along a sample path and a reference path. The length of at least one of the paths is a modulated path having a selected amplitude of modulation that is equal to or less than about 3 fringes of the wavelength.