Spatial Versus Temporal Laser Speckle Contrast Analyses in the Presence of Static Optical Scatterers

Overview

Journal J Biomed Opt

Specialties Biomedical Engineering
Ophthalmology

Date 2014 Oct 22

PMID 25334006

Citations 17

Authors

Julio C Ramirez-San-Juan

Caitlin Regan

Beatriz Coyotl-Ocelotl

Bernard Choi

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Abstract

Previously published data demonstrate that the temporal processing algorithm for laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) can improve the visibility of deep blood vessels and is less susceptible to static speckle artifacts when compared with the spatial algorithm. To the best of our knowledge, the extent to which the temporal algorithm can accurately predict the speckle contrast associated with flow in deep blood vessels has not been quantified. Here, we employed two phantom systems and imaging setups (epi-illumination and transillumination) to study the contrast predicted by the spatial and temporal algorithms in subsurface capillary tubes as a function of the camera exposure time and the actual flow speed. Our data with both imaging setups suggest that the contrast predicted by the temporal algorithm, and therefore the relative flow speed, is nearly independent of the degree of static optical scattering that contributes to the overall measured speckle pattern. Collectively, these results strongly suggest the potential of temporal LSCI at a single-exposure time to assess accurately the changes in blood flow even in the presence of substantial static optical scattering.

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