光學(xué)相干斷層成像術(shù)(OpticalCoherenceTomography,OCT)是一種新的光學(xué)診斷技術(shù),可進行活體眼組織顯微鏡結(jié)構(gòu)的非接觸式、非侵入性斷層成像.OCT是超聲的光學(xué)模似品,但其軸向分辨力取決于光源的相干特性,可達10um,且穿透深度幾乎不受眼透明屈光介質(zhì)的限制,可觀察眼前節(jié),又能顯示眼后節(jié)的形態(tài)結(jié)構(gòu),在眼內(nèi)疾病尤其是視網(wǎng)膜疾病的診斷,隨訪觀察及治療效果評價等方面具有良好的應(yīng)用前景. 2#t35fU  
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an optical signal acquisition and processing method allowing extremely high-quality, micrometre-resolution, three-dimensional images from within optical scattering media (e.g., biological tissue) to be obtained. In distinction with other optical methods, OCT, an interferometric technique, is able to penetrate significantly deeper into the scattering medium, for example ~3× deeper than its nearest competitor, Confocal microscopy. Depending on the use of high-brightness and wide-spectrum light sources such as superluminescent diodes or ultrashort pulse lasers, OCT has achieved sub-micrometre resolution (with very wide-spectrum sources emitting over a ~100 nm wavelength range). It is one of a class of optical tomographic techniques. A relatively recent implementation of OCT, frequency-domain OCT, provides advantages in signal-to-noise ratio and therefore faster signal acquisition. OCT systems, now commercially available following years of testing, are finding diverse application areas such as art conservation and diagnostic medicine (notably in ophthalmology where it permits remarkable noninvasive images to be obtained from within the retina). a@}A;y'd