Shu X, Beckmann L, Wang Y, Rubinoff I, Lucy K, Ishikawa H, Wollstein G, Fawzi AA, Schuman JS, Kuranov RV, Zhang HF. Designing visible-light optical coherence tomography towards clinics.
Quant Imaging Med Surg 2019;
9:769-781. [PMID:
31281773 PMCID:
PMC6571199 DOI:
10.21037/qims.2019.05.01]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND
The capabilities of visible-light optical coherence tomography (vis-OCT) in noninvasive anatomical and functional retinal imaging have been demonstrated by multiple groups in both rodents and healthy human subjects. Translating laboratory prototypes to an integrated clinical-environment-friendly system is required to explore the full potential of vis-OCT in disease management.
METHODS
We developed and optimized a portable vis-OCT system for human retinal imaging in clinical settings. We acquired raster- and circular-scan images from both healthy and diseased human eyes.
RESULTS
The new vis-OCT provided high-quality retinal images of both subjects without any known eye diseases and patients with various retinal diseases, including retinal occlusive disease and diabetic retinopathy (DR) over a broad range of ages.
CONCLUSIONS
A newly designed vis-OCT system is sufficiently optimized to be suited for routine patients' examinations in clinics. Vis-OCT has the potential to add new anatomical and functional imaging capabilities to ophthalmic clinical care.
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