Frequency estimation precision in Doppler optical coherence tomography using the Cramer-Rao lower bound

Siavash Yazdanfar; Changhuei Yang; Marinko V. Sarunic; Joseph A. Izatt

doi:10.1364/OPEX.13.000410

Frequency estimation precision in Doppler optical coherence tomography using the Cramer-Rao lower bound

Siavash Yazdanfar, Changhuei Yang, Marinko V. Sarunic, and Joseph A. Izatt

Optics Express
Vol. 13,
Issue 2,
pp. 410-416
(2005)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.13.000410

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- Original Manuscript: December 3, 2004
- Revised Manuscript: December 29, 2004
- Manuscript Accepted: January 5, 2005
- Published: January 24, 2005

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Abstract

Doppler optical coherence tomography (DOCT) is a technique for simultaneous cross-sectional imaging of tissue structure and blood flow. We derive the fundamental uncertainty limits on frequency estimation precision in DOCT using the Cramer-Rao lower bound in the case of additive (e.g., thermal, shot) noise. Experimental results from a mirror and a scattering phantom are used to verify the theoretical limits. Our results demonstrate that the stochastic nature of frequency noise influences the precision of flow imaging, and that the noise model must be selected judiciously in order to estimate the frequency precision.

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[PubMed]

2002 (3)

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[Crossref] [PubMed]

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[Crossref] [PubMed]

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[Crossref]

1991 (1)

D. Huang, E. A. Swanson, C. P. Lin, J. S. Schuman, W. G. Stinson, W. Chang, M. R. Hee, T. Flotte, K. Gregory, C. A. Puliafito, and J. G. Fujimoto, “Optical coherence tomography,” Science 254, 1178–1181 (1991).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Bajraszewski, T.

R. A. Leitgeb, L. Schmetterer, W. Drexler, A. F. Fercher, R. J. Zawadzki, and T. Bajraszewski, “Real-time assessment of retinal blood flow with ultrafast acquisition by color Doppler Fourier domain optical coherence tomography,” Opt. Express11, 3116–3121 (2003). http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-23-3116
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Barton, J. K.

A. M. Rollins, S. Yazdanfar, J. K. Barton, and J. A. Izatt, “Real-time in vivo color Doppler optical coherence tomography,” J. Biomed. Opt. 7, 123–129 (2002).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Bashkansky, M.

M. Bashkansky and J. Reintjes, “Statistics and reduction of speckle in optical coherence tomography,” Opt. Lett. 25, 545–547 (2000).
[Crossref]

Bisland, S.

V. X. D. Yang, M. L. Gordon, S.-J. Tang, N. E. Marcon, G. Gardiner, B. Qi, S. Bisland, E. Seng-Yue, S. Lo, J. Pekar, B. C. Wilson, and I. A. Vitkin, “High speed, wide velocity dynamic range Doppler optical coherence tomography (Part III): in vivo endoscopic imaging of blood flow in the rat and human gastrointestinal tracts,” Opt. Express11, 2416–2424 (2003). http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-19-2416
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Bizheva, K. K.

D. A. Boas, K. K. Bizheva, and A. M. Siegel, “Using dynamic low-coherence interferometry to image Brownian motion within highly scattering media,” Opt. Lett. 23, 319–321 (1998).
[Crossref]

Boas, D. A.

D. A. Boas, K. K. Bizheva, and A. M. Siegel, “Using dynamic low-coherence interferometry to image Brownian motion within highly scattering media,” Opt. Lett. 23, 319–321 (1998).
[Crossref]

Bouma, B. E.

B. R. White, M. C. Pierce, N. Nassif, B. Cense, B. H. Park, G. J. Tearney, B. E. Bouma, T. C. Chen, and J. F. de Boer, “In vivo dynamic human retinal blood flow imaging using ultra-high-speed spectral domain optical Doppler tomography,” Opt. Express11, 3490–3497 (2003). http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-25-3490
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Cense, B.

Chang, W.

Chen, T. C.

Chen, Z. P.

Z. P. Chen, T. E. Milner, D. Dave, and J. S. Nelson, “Optical Doppler tomographic imaging of fluid flow velocity in highly scattering media,” Opt. Lett. 22, 64–66 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Dave, D.

Z. P. Chen, T. E. Milner, D. Dave, and J. S. Nelson, “Optical Doppler tomographic imaging of fluid flow velocity in highly scattering media,” Opt. Lett. 22, 64–66 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

de Boer, J. F.

Drexler, W.

Dutta, N. K.

Fercher, A. F.

Flotte, T.

Fujimoto, J. G.

Gardiner, G.

Goodman, J. W.

J. W. Goodman, Statistical Optics (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 1985).

Gordon, M. L.

V. X. D. Yang, M. L. Gordon, B. Qi, J. Pekar, S. Lo, E. Seng-Yue, A. Mok, B. C. Wilson, and I. A. Vitkin, “High speed, wide velocity dynamic range Doppler optical coherence tomography (Part I): System design, signal processing, and performance,” Opt. Express11, 794–809 (2003). http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-7-794
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Gregory, K.

Hee, M. R.

Huang, D.

Imai, Y.

Y. Imai and K. Tanaka, “Direct velocity sensing of flow distribution based on low-coherence interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 16, 2007–2012 (1999).
[Crossref]

Izatt, J. A.

S. Yazdanfar, A. M. Rollins, and J. A. Izatt, “In vivo imaging of human retinal flow dynamics by color Doppler optical coherence tomography,” Arch. Ophthalmol. 121, 235–239 (2003).
[PubMed]

S. Yazdanfar and J. A. Izatt, “Self-referenced Doppler optical coherence tomography,” Opt. Lett. 27, 2085–2087 (2002).
[Crossref]

A. M. Rollins, S. Yazdanfar, J. K. Barton, and J. A. Izatt, “Real-time in vivo color Doppler optical coherence tomography,” J. Biomed. Opt. 7, 123–129 (2002).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. Yazdanfar, M. D. Kulkarni, and J. A. Izatt, “High resolution imaging of in vivo cardiac dynamics using color Doppler optical coherence tomography,” Opt. Express1, 424–431 (1997). http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-1-13-424
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Kulkarni, M. D.

Leitgeb, R. A.

Lin, C. P.

Lo, S.

Marcon, N. E.

Milner, T. E.

Z. P. Chen, T. E. Milner, D. Dave, and J. S. Nelson, “Optical Doppler tomographic imaging of fluid flow velocity in highly scattering media,” Opt. Lett. 22, 64–66 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Mok, A.

Nassif, N.

Nelson, J. S.

Z. P. Chen, T. E. Milner, D. Dave, and J. S. Nelson, “Optical Doppler tomographic imaging of fluid flow velocity in highly scattering media,” Opt. Lett. 22, 64–66 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Otis, L. L.

Park, B. H.

Pekar, J.

Piao, D.

Pierce, M. C.

Puliafito, C. A.

Qi, B.

Reintjes, J.

M. Bashkansky and J. Reintjes, “Statistics and reduction of speckle in optical coherence tomography,” Opt. Lett. 25, 545–547 (2000).
[Crossref]

Rollins, A. M.

S. Yazdanfar, A. M. Rollins, and J. A. Izatt, “In vivo imaging of human retinal flow dynamics by color Doppler optical coherence tomography,” Arch. Ophthalmol. 121, 235–239 (2003).
[PubMed]

A. M. Rollins, S. Yazdanfar, J. K. Barton, and J. A. Izatt, “Real-time in vivo color Doppler optical coherence tomography,” J. Biomed. Opt. 7, 123–129 (2002).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Saxer, C.

Scharf, L. L.

L. L. Scharf, Statistical signal processing: Detection, estimation, and time series analysis (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, MA, 1991).

Schmetterer, L.

Schuman, J. S.

Seng-Yue, E.

Siegel, A. M.

D. A. Boas, K. K. Bizheva, and A. M. Siegel, “Using dynamic low-coherence interferometry to image Brownian motion within highly scattering media,” Opt. Lett. 23, 319–321 (1998).
[Crossref]

Stinson, W. G.

Swanson, E. A.

Tanaka, K.

Y. Imai and K. Tanaka, “Direct velocity sensing of flow distribution based on low-coherence interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 16, 2007–2012 (1999).
[Crossref]

Tang, S.-J.

Tearney, G. J.

van Leeuwen, T. G.

Van Trees, H. L.

H. L. Van Trees, Detection, estimation, and modulation theory, Pt. 1 (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1968).

Vitkin, I. A.

Welch, A. J.

White, B. R.

Wilson, B. C.

Xiang, S.

Yang, V. X. D.

Yazdanfar, S.

S. Yazdanfar, A. M. Rollins, and J. A. Izatt, “In vivo imaging of human retinal flow dynamics by color Doppler optical coherence tomography,” Arch. Ophthalmol. 121, 235–239 (2003).
[PubMed]

S. Yazdanfar and J. A. Izatt, “Self-referenced Doppler optical coherence tomography,” Opt. Lett. 27, 2085–2087 (2002).
[Crossref]

A. M. Rollins, S. Yazdanfar, J. K. Barton, and J. A. Izatt, “Real-time in vivo color Doppler optical coherence tomography,” J. Biomed. Opt. 7, 123–129 (2002).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Zawadzki, R. J.

Zhao, Y.

Zhu, Q.

Appl. Opt. (1)

Arch. Ophthalmol. (1)

S. Yazdanfar, A. M. Rollins, and J. A. Izatt, “In vivo imaging of human retinal flow dynamics by color Doppler optical coherence tomography,” Arch. Ophthalmol. 121, 235–239 (2003).
[PubMed]

J. Biomed. Opt. (1)

A. M. Rollins, S. Yazdanfar, J. K. Barton, and J. A. Izatt, “Real-time in vivo color Doppler optical coherence tomography,” J. Biomed. Opt. 7, 123–129 (2002).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A (1)

Y. Imai and K. Tanaka, “Direct velocity sensing of flow distribution based on low-coherence interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 16, 2007–2012 (1999).
[Crossref]

Opt. Lett. (8)

M. Bashkansky and J. Reintjes, “Statistics and reduction of speckle in optical coherence tomography,” Opt. Lett. 25, 545–547 (2000).
[Crossref]

S. Yazdanfar and J. A. Izatt, “Self-referenced Doppler optical coherence tomography,” Opt. Lett. 27, 2085–2087 (2002).
[Crossref]

Z. P. Chen, T. E. Milner, D. Dave, and J. S. Nelson, “Optical Doppler tomographic imaging of fluid flow velocity in highly scattering media,” Opt. Lett. 22, 64–66 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D. A. Boas, K. K. Bizheva, and A. M. Siegel, “Using dynamic low-coherence interferometry to image Brownian motion within highly scattering media,” Opt. Lett. 23, 319–321 (1998).
[Crossref]

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H. L. Van Trees, Detection, estimation, and modulation theory, Pt. 1 (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1968).

L. L. Scharf, Statistical signal processing: Detection, estimation, and time series analysis (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, MA, 1991).

J. W. Goodman, Statistical Optics (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 1985).

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Fig. 1.

Fiber-optic, time-domain Michelson interferometer used to measure the frequency precision of Doppler OCT. BPF, band-pass filter; A/D, analog-to-digital converter; I, Q, in-phase and quadrature signal components after demodulation.

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Fig. 2.

Algorithm for calculating frequency precision and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The OCT reflectance image of Liposyn is shown on the left, with the arrow indicating the direction of the incident beam. The standard deviation of the noise is calculated in the region of interest (ROI) located outside of the sample. At each axial position, the average signal value across 100 scans is measured and divided by the noise to measure local SNR. At the same depth, the variance of the Doppler frequency (right) is measured and compared to the theoretical frequency precision.

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Fig. 3.

Experimental and theoretical frequency standard deviation (SD) versus SNR for A) additive noise only and B) both additive and multiplicative (speckle) noise. The observation time was different for the two experiments, resulting in different theoretical limits. The inset of A), magnifying lower SNR values on a log-log scale, suggests that the autocorrelation algorithm used to estimate frequency is a maximum likelihood estimator. CRLB, Cramer-Rao lower bound based on the additive model of Eqs. (2) and (5).

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s (t) = A (t) \cos [2 π (f_{r} - f_{s}) t + β (t)],

s (t) = A (t) \cos [2 π f_{s} t + β (t)], 0 \leq t \leq t_{0}

f_{s}^{min} = \frac{1}{t_{0}}

Var [\hat{α} (\overset{⃑}{R}) - α] \geq {(E {{[\frac{\partial \ln p (\overset{⃑}{R} ∣ α)}{\partial α}]}^{2}})}^{- 1}

r (t) = s (t, α) + n (t)

σ_{\hat{α}}^{2} \geq {(\frac{1}{N_{0}} \int_{0}^{t_{0}} {[\frac{\partial s (t, α)}{\partial α}]}^{2} d t)}^{- 1}

σ_{\hat{f}}^{2} \geq {(\frac{2 π^{2}}{3} \frac{A^{2}}{N_{0}} t_{0}^{2})}^{- 1}

f_{s}^{min} \approx σ \propto \frac{1}{t_{0} \sqrt{SNR}}

R (τ) = ∣ R (τ) ∣ \exp [- i ϕ (τ)] \equiv 〈 s^{*} (t) s (t + τ) 〉

Ω = 16 {(π ⁄ λ_{0})}^{2} D_{T} [rad ⁄ s]

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Bajraszewski, T.

Barton, J. K.

Bashkansky, M.

Bisland, S.

Bizheva, K. K.

Boas, D. A.

Bouma, B. E.

Cense, B.

Chang, W.

Chen, T. C.

Chen, Z. P.

Dave, D.

de Boer, J. F.

Drexler, W.

Dutta, N. K.

Fercher, A. F.

Flotte, T.

Fujimoto, J. G.

Gardiner, G.

Goodman, J. W.

Gordon, M. L.

Gregory, K.

Hee, M. R.

Huang, D.

Imai, Y.

Izatt, J. A.

Kulkarni, M. D.

Leitgeb, R. A.

Lin, C. P.

Lo, S.

Marcon, N. E.

Milner, T. E.

Mok, A.

Nassif, N.

Nelson, J. S.

Otis, L. L.

Park, B. H.

Pekar, J.

Piao, D.

Pierce, M. C.

Puliafito, C. A.

Qi, B.

Reintjes, J.

Rollins, A. M.

Saxer, C.

Scharf, L. L.

Schmetterer, L.

Schuman, J. S.

Seng-Yue, E.

Siegel, A. M.

Stinson, W. G.

Swanson, E. A.

Tanaka, K.

Tang, S.-J.

Tearney, G. J.

van Leeuwen, T. G.

Van Trees, H. L.

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Wilson, B. C.

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