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Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2009
Applicants:

Joseph A. Izatt, Raleigh, NC (US);

Yuankai K. Tao, Durham, NC (US);

Anjul M. Davis, Little Falls, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Joseph A. Izatt, Raleigh, NC (US);

Yuankai K. Tao, Durham, NC (US);

Anjul M. Davis, Little Falls, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Duke University, Durham, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present subject matter relates to in vivo volumetric bidirectional blood flow imaging using single-pass flow imaging spectral domain optical coherence tomography. This technique uses a modified Hilbert transform algorithm to separate moving and non-moving scatterers within a depth. The resulting reconstructed image maps the components of moving scatterers flowing into and out of the imaging axis onto opposite image halfplanes, enabling volumetric bidirectional flow mapping without manual segmentation.


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