Systems and methods for performing enhanced truncated-correlation photothermal coherence tomography

Systems and methods are provided for performing thermophotonic imaging using cross-correlation and subsequent time-gated truncation. Photothermal radiation is detected with an infrared camera while exciting a sample with a chirped set of incident optical pulses and time-dependent photothermal signal...

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Main Authors Tavakolian, Pantea, Mandelis, Andreas, Sivagurunathan, Koneswaran S
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.01.2022
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
SURGERY
TESTING
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Summary:Systems and methods are provided for performing thermophotonic imaging using cross-correlation and subsequent time-gated truncation. Photothermal radiation is detected with an infrared camera while exciting a sample with a chirped set of incident optical pulses and time-dependent photothermal signal data is processed using a method that involves performing cross-correlation and subsequent time-gated truncation. The post-cross-correlation truncation method results in depth-resolved images with axial and lateral resolution beyond the well-known thermal-diffusion-length-limited, depth-integrated nature of conventional imaging modalities. An axially resolved photothermal image sequence can be obtained, capable of reconstructing three-dimensional visualizations of photothermal features in wide classes of materials.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202016900471