Volumetric Doppler imaging of small animal brain using spectral and time domain optical coherence tomography

In this paper we demonstrate applicability of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) for three-dimensional analysis of blood flow in brain of small animals. We proposed scanning protocols that enable receiving both qualitative and quantitative information about flow. Presented data are obtained with a laboratory high resolution and high speed Spectral OCT system. Data analysis is performed using joint Spectral and Time domain OCT.

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