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  • Artigo IPEN-doc 26419
    Controlling for artifacts in widefield optical coherence tomography angiography measurements of non-perfusion area
    2019 - PRETTO, LUCAS R. de; MOULT, ERIC M.; ALIBHAI, A.Y.; CARRASCO-ZEVALLOS, OSCAR M.; CHEN, SIYU; LEE, BYUNGKUN; WITKIN, ANDRE J.; BAUMAL, CAROLINE R.; REICHEL, ELIAS; FREITAS, ANDERSON Z. de; DUKER, JAY S.; WAHEED, NADIA K.; FUJIMOTO, JAMES G.
    The recent clinical adoption of optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography (OCTA) has enabled non-invasive, volumetric visualization of ocular vasculature at micron-scale resolutions. Initially limited to 3 mm × 3 mm and 6 mm × 6 mm fields-of-view (FOV), commercial OCTA systems now offer 12 mm × 12 mm, or larger, imaging fields. While larger FOVs promise a more complete visualization of retinal disease, they also introduce new challenges to the accurate and reliable interpretation of OCTA data. In particular, because of vignetting, wide-field imaging increases occurrence of low-OCT-signal artifacts, which leads to thresholding and/or segmentation artifacts, complicating OCTA analysis. This study presents theoretical and case-based descriptions of the causes and effects of low-OCTsignal artifacts. Through these descriptions, we demonstrate that OCTA data interpretation can be ambiguous if performed without consulting corresponding OCT data. Furthermore, using wide-field non-perfusion analysis in diabetic retinopathy as a model widefield OCTA usage-case, we show how qualitative and quantitative analysis can be confounded by low-OCT-signal artifacts. Based on these results, we suggest methods and best-practices for preventing and managing low-OCT-signal artifacts, thereby reducing errors in OCTA quantitative analysis of non-perfusion and improving reproducibility. These methods promise to be especially important for longitudinal studies detecting progression and response to therapy.
  • Artigo IPEN-doc 25775
    Focus tracking system for femtosecond laser machining using low coherence interferometry
    2019 - RAELE, MARCUS P.; DE PRETTO, LUCAS R.; ROSSI, WAGNER de; VIEIRA JUNIOR, NILSON D.; SAMAD, RICARDO E.
    We designed a real time, single-laser focus tracking system using low coherence properties of the machining femtosecond laser itself in order to monitor and correct the sample position relative to the focal plane. Using a Michelson Interferometer, the system collects data arising from part of the beam backscattered at the ablation spot. The data is analyzed by a custom software for position correction (employing an XYZ automated translation stage). With the focus tracking enabled we were able to etch channels with a stable cross-section profile on a bovine tooth with relief amplitude tens of times greater than the Rayleigh length of the system, keeping the sample inside the confocal parameter during most of the processing time. Moreover, the system is also capable of monitoring crater depth evolution during the ablation process, allowing for material removal assessment.