Abstract
Endoscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging modality that enables cross-sectional subsurface imaging of tubular organs and cavities. Recently, endoscopic OCT angiography (OCTA) was successfully achieved in distal scanning systems using an internal-motor-driving catheter. In conventional OCT systems using externally driving catheters, the mechanical instability in the proximal actuation causes difficulties for differentiating capillaries in tissues. In this study, OCTA in an endoscopic OCT system using an external-motor-driving catheter was proposed. Blood vessels were visualized by using a high-stability inter-A-scan scheme and the spatiotemporal singular value decomposition algorithm. It is not limited by nonuniform rotation distortion caused by the catheter and physiological motion artifacts. Results show that microvasculature in a custom-made microfluidic phantom and the submucosal capillaries in the mouse rectum are successfully visualized. Furthermore, OCTA using a catheter with a small size (outer diameter less than 1 mm) makes it possible for early diagnosis of narrow lumens, such as pancreatic and bile duct cancers.
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