Directional light scanning laser ophthalmoscope

J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2005 Dec;22(12):2606-12. doi: 10.1364/josaa.22.002606.

Abstract

The cone photoreceptor mosaic of the living human eye has in a limited number of cases been imaged without the use of wavefront-correction techniques. To accomplish this, the directionality of the photoreceptors, as manifested by their waveguiding properties, may be used to advantage. In the present paper we provide a model of our recently proposed directional light scanning laser ophthalmoscope [Opt. Lett. 29, 968 (2004)] together with a detailed numerical analysis of the device. The outcome is compared with experimental results.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / instrumentation*
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Light
  • Microscopy, Confocal / instrumentation*
  • Microscopy, Confocal / methods
  • Models, Biological
  • Ophthalmoscopes*
  • Photometry / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells / anatomy & histology*
  • Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells / physiology*
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Sensitivity and Specificity