Review of speckle and phase variance optical coherence tomography to visualize microvascular networks

…, TWH Luk, A Mariampillai, VXD Yang - … of biomedical optics, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
High-resolution mapping of microvasculature has been applied to diverse body systems,
including the retinal and choroidal vasculature, cardiac vasculature, the central nervous system…

Optical coherence elastography: current status and future applications

C Sun, B Standish, VXD Yang - Journal of biomedical optics, 2011 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has several advantages over other imaging modalities,
such as angiography and ultrasound, due to its inherently high in vivo resolution, which …

Augmented reality in neurosurgery: a review of current concepts and emerging applications

…, N Nguyen, S Gupta, C McFaul, VXD Yang - Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Augmented reality (AR) superimposes computer-generated virtual objects onto the user’s
view of the real world. Among medical disciplines, neurosurgery has long been at the forefront …

Speckle variance detection of microvasculature using swept-source optical coherence tomography

…, J Jiang, A Cable, BC Wilson, IA Vitkin, VXD Yang - Optics letters, 2008 - opg.optica.org
We report on imaging of microcirculation by calculating the speckle variance of optical
coherence tomography (OCT) structural images acquired using a Fourier domain mode-locked …

Blood-vessel closure using photosensitizers engineered for two-photon excitation

…, M Balaz, MK Kuimova, M Drobizhev, VXD Yang… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
The spatial control of optical absorption provided by two-photon excitation has led to
tremendous advances in microscopy 1 and microfabrication 2 . Medical applications of two-photon …

High speed, wide velocity dynamic range Doppler optical coherence tomography (Part I): System design, signal processing, and performance

VXD Yang, ML Gordon, B Qi, J Pekar, S Lo… - Optics …, 2003 - opg.optica.org
Improvements in real-time Doppler optical coherence tomography (DOCT), acquiring up to
32 frames per second at 250 ?? 512 pixels per image, are reported using signal processing …

Optimized speckle variance OCT imaging of microvasculature

…, BA Standish, K Lee, BC Wilson, A Vitkin, VXD Yang - Optics letters, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We optimize speckle variance optical coherence tomography (svOCT) imaging of microvasculature
in high and low bulk tissue motion scenarios. To achieve a significant level of image …

Improved phase-resolved optical Doppler tomography using the Kasai velocity estimator and histogram segmentation

VXD Yang, ML Gordon, A Mok, Y Zhao, Z Chen… - Optics …, 2002 - Elsevier
Significant improvements are reported in the measurable velocity range and tissue motion
artefact rejection of a phase-resolved optical coherence tomography and optical Doppler …

High speed, wide velocity dynamic range Doppler optical coherence tomography (Part II): Imaging in vivo cardiac dynamics of Xenopus laevis

VXD Yang, ML Gordon, E Seng-Yue, S Lo, B Qi… - Optics express, 2003 - opg.optica.org
We previously reported a Doppler optical coherence tomography (DOCT) system design [1]
for high-speed imaging with wide velocity dynamic range (up to 28.5 dB when acquiring 8 …

High speed, wide velocity dynamic range Doppler optical coherence tomography (Part III): in vivo endoscopic imaging of blood flow in the rat and human …

VXD Yang, ML Gordon, S Tang, NE Marcon… - Optics …, 2003 - opg.optica.org
We previously described a fiber based Doppler optical coherence tomography system [1]
capable of imaging embryo cardiac blood flow at 4~16 frames per second with wide velocity …