Abstract:We demonstrate that spectroscopic optical coherence tomography can be used for measurement of diffusion. We measured the diffusion coefficient of a Phthalocyanine dye in an Agar gel as a first model of dye diffusing into tissue. We used a two-wavelength interferometer, with one of the wavelengths matched to the absorption peak of the dye at 675nm while the other wavelength at 805nm is not affected by the dye. The diffusion constant of the dye in Agar gel is found by fitting the measured OCT amplitude (depth an… Show more
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