. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 25.

Published in final edited form as: Lasers Surg Med. 2019 Jan 25;51(5):412–422. doi: 10.1002/lsm.23060

Table 1.

Specifications of OCT Systems

OCT system type, center wavelength, A-line rate	Probe type	Working distance	Axial resolution	Lateral resolution	Pixel resolution	Imaging speed
SS-OCT, 1310nm, 200kHz VCSEL	Microscope scanner	35mm	5.8μm	22.5μm	3.8μm	200fps
SS-OCT, 1700nm, 90kHz	Microscope scanner	35mm	12μm	29.2μm	8.5μm	90fps
SS-OCT, 1310nm, 50kHz	Flexible side viewing rotational endoscope	7mm	10μm	102μm	4.8μm	50fps
TD-OCT, 1310nm, 254Hz	Flexible forward viewing endoscope	1.6mm	15μm	25μm	6.9μm	1fps
SS-OCT, 1310nm, 50kHz	Rigid forward viewing endoscope	8.5mm	9.8μm	5.4μm	4.8μm	50fps
SS-OCT, 1310nm, 200kHz VCSEL	Rigid side viewing endoscope	7–10cm	9.3μm	100μm	5.9μm	200fps

SS-OCT, swept-source OCT; VCSEL, vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; fps, frames per second; TD-OCT, time-domain OCT.