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13 March 2024 Non-invasive measurement of optical properties in coral tissue and skeleton using Inverse spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (ISOCT)
Patrick Su, Graham L. C. Spicer, Aya Eid, James A. Winkelmann, Ji Yi, Luisa A. Marcelino, Vadim Backman, Michael Kuhl, Daniel Wangpraseurt, Kasper Elgetti Brodersen, Erik Trampe
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Abstract
Reef-building corals are a vital part for the health and biodiversity of marine ecosystems. However, they are facing grave challenges from climate change. Despite the urgent need to understand the mechanism of light collection in corals, many key questions remain open largely due to the lack of techniques to measure the optical properties in live corals. Here we used a recently developed extension of OCT, Inverse Spectroscopic Optical Coherence Tomography (ISOCT), to image vast varieties of coral species, acquiring 4D cubes containing spectral information alongside 3D geometry. A full set of optical parameters that inherently linked with key optical components of coral are calculated in both coral tissue and skeleton. Using a spectroscopic OCT imaging system, our study expands current knowledge of coral physiology.
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(2024) Published by SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Patrick Su, Graham L. C. Spicer, Aya Eid, James A. Winkelmann, Ji Yi, Luisa A. Marcelino, Vadim Backman, Michael Kuhl, Daniel Wangpraseurt, Kasper Elgetti Brodersen, and Erik Trampe "Non-invasive measurement of optical properties in coral tissue and skeleton using Inverse spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (ISOCT)", Proc. SPIE PC12856, Biomedical Applications of Light Scattering XIV, PC128560B (13 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001803
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KEYWORDS
Optical coherence tomography

Spectroscopy

Tissues

Optical properties

Optical spectroscopy

Ocean optics

Geometrical optics

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