Comparison between a supercontinuum source and a titanium sapphire laser in achieving ultrahigh resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT)

Corneal B-scan images and signal-to-noise ratio measurements using ultra-high resolution Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) are reported. A comparison of results is obtained using a Ti:Sa laser and a supercontinuum optical source, is performed. Beside some differences in the SNR, the images are strikingly similar.

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