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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2009
Meng-tsan Tsai, Taipei, TW;
Hsiang-chieh Lee, Taipei, TW;
Cheng-kuang Lee, Taipei, TW;
Yih-ming Wang, Taipei, TW;
Chun-pin Chiang, Taipei, TW;
Hsin-ming Chen, Taipei, TW;
Chih-chung Yang, Taipei, TW;
Meng-Tsan Tsai, Taipei, TW;
Hsiang-Chieh Lee, Taipei, TW;
Cheng-Kuang Lee, Taipei, TW;
Yih-Ming Wang, Taipei, TW;
Chun-Pin Chiang, Taipei, TW;
Hsin-Ming Chen, Taipei, TW;
Chih-Chung Yang, Taipei, TW;
National Taiwan University, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A method for analyzing mucosa structure with optical coherence tomography (OCT) is provided, and includes: (a) scanning a mucosa sample with optical coherence tomography; (b) choosing a lateral range from a two- or three-dimensional OCT image and analyzing all the A-scan intensity profiles in the lateral range; (c) calculating three indicators in each A-scan intensity profile, including the standard deviation for a certain depth range below the sample surface, the exponential decay constant of the spatial-frequency spectrum and the epithelium thickness under the condition that the basement membrane is identifiable; and (d) using the three indicators of each A-scan intensity profile within the lateral range to analyze the mucosa structure.