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. 2010 Oct 15;35(20):3489-91.
doi: 10.1364/OL.35.003489.

Dark-field optical coherence microscopy

Martin Villiger  1 , Christophe Pache, Theo Lasser
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Dark-field optical coherence microscopy

Martin Villiger et al. Opt Lett. .

Abstract

Dark-field illumination is known to enhance scattering contrast in optical microscopy. We combined this concept with Fourier domain optical coherence microscopy (OCM). The detection and illumination paths are decoupled, and only the scattered light originating from the sample generates the tomogram signal, whereas any specular reflection is highly suppressed. We analyze and discuss this dark-field OCM concept and present its superior imaging quality on live cell samples.

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