Visible-light optical coherence tomography for retinal oximetry

Opt Lett. 2013 Jun 1;38(11):1796-8. doi: 10.1364/OL.38.001796.

Abstract

We applied a visible-light spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (vis-OCT) for in vivo retinal oximetry. To extract hemoglobin oxygen saturation (sO(2)) in individual retinal vessels, we established a comprehensive analytical model to describe optical absorption, optical scattering, and blood cell packing factor in the whole blood and fit the acquired vis-OCT signals from the bottom of each imaged vessel. We found that averaged sO(2) values in arterial and venous bloods were 95% and 72%, respectively.

Publication types

  • 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

  • Absorption
  • Blood Vessels / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Light*
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Oximetry / methods*
  • Retina / metabolism
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*