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Bartuzel MM, Consejo A, Stremplewski P, Sylwestrzak M, Szkulmowski M, Gorczynska I. In vivo identification of the retinal layer containing photopigments in OCT images through correlation with two-photon psychophysics. Sci Rep 2024; 14:15459. [PMID: 38965299 PMCID: PMC11224378 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-65234-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024] Open
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Two-photon vision enables near-infrared light perception in humans. We investigate the possibility to utilize this phenomenon as an indicator of the location of the outer segments of photoreceptor cells in the OCT images. Since two-photon vision is independent on OCT imaging, it could provide external to OCT reference relative to which positions of retinal layers visible in OCT imaging could be measured. We show coincidence between OCT imaging of outer retinal layers and two-photon light perception. The experiment utilizes an intrinsic nonlinear process in the retina, two-photon absorption of light by visual photopigments, which triggers perception of near-infrared light. By shifting the focus of the imaging/stimulus beam, we link the peak efficiency of two-photon vision with the visibility of outer segments of photoreceptor cells, which can be seen as in vivo identification of a retinal layer containing visual photopigments in OCT images. Determination of the in-focus retinal layer is achieved by analysis of en face OCT image contrast. We discuss experimental methods and experimental factors that may influence two-photon light perception and the accuracy of the results. The limits of resolution are discussed in analysis of the one-photon and two-photon point spread functions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maciej M Bartuzel
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland.
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- Aragon Institute for Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Toruń, Poland
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Williams DR, Burns SA, Miller DT, Roorda A. Evolution of adaptive optics retinal imaging [Invited]. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 14:1307-1338. [PMID: 36950228 PMCID: PMC10026580 DOI: 10.1364/boe.485371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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This review describes the progress that has been achieved since adaptive optics (AO) was incorporated into the ophthalmoscope a quarter of a century ago, transforming our ability to image the retina at a cellular spatial scale inside the living eye. The review starts with a comprehensive tabulation of AO papers in the field and then describes the technological advances that have occurred, notably through combining AO with other imaging modalities including confocal, fluorescence, phase contrast, and optical coherence tomography. These advances have made possible many scientific discoveries from the first maps of the topography of the trichromatic cone mosaic to exquisitely sensitive measures of optical and structural changes in photoreceptors in response to light. The future evolution of this technology is poised to offer an increasing array of tools to measure and monitor in vivo retinal structure and function with improved resolution and control.
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- David R. Williams
- The Institute of Optics and the Center for
Visual Science, University of Rochester,
Rochester NY, USA
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- School of Optometry, Indiana
University at Bloomington, Bloomington IN, USA
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- School of Optometry, Indiana
University at Bloomington, Bloomington IN, USA
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- Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and
Vision Science, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley CA, USA
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Srinivasan VJ, Kho AM, Chauhan P. Visible Light Optical Coherence Tomography Reveals the Relationship of the Myoid and Ellipsoid to Band 2 in Humans. Transl Vis Sci Technol 2022; 11:3. [PMID: 36053140 PMCID: PMC9440607 DOI: 10.1167/tvst.11.9.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Purpose We employ visible light optical coherence tomography (OCT) to investigate the relationship between the myoid, ellipsoid, and band 2 in the living human retina. Rather than refute existing theories, we aim to reveal new bands and better delineate the structures at hand. Methods An upgraded spectral/Fourier domain visible light OCT prototype, with 1.0-µm axial resolution, imaged 13 eyes of 13 young adult human subjects (23–40 years old) without a history of ocular pathology. The external limiting membrane (band 1) and band 2 edges were segmented. Reflectivity was examined along the inner segment (IS), defined as extending from band 1 to the band 2 center, and within band 2 itself. Results Images highlight a nearly continuously resolved extrafoveal internal limiting membrane, the peripheral single-cell thick ganglion cell layer, and the peripheral photoreceptor axonal fiber layer, a peripheral division of band 2 into bands 2a and 2b, and a reflectivity-based division of the IS into “m” and “e” zones. Discussion Topography and transverse intensity variations of the outermost band 2b suggest an association with rods. The “m” and “e” zone border is consistent with the myoid–ellipsoid boundary, even recapitulating the well-documented distribution of mitochondria throughout the IS at the foveal center. Theories of outer retinal reflectivity in OCT must adequately explain these observations. Translational Relevance Findings support that band 2 does partially overlap with the ellipsoid in transversally averaged OCT images due to photoreceptor IS length dispersion but argue that the inner ellipsoid must be inner to band 2, as suggested by prior quantitative measurements.
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- Vivek J Srinivasan
- Department of Ophthalmology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.,Tech4Health Institute, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.,Tech4Health Institute, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA
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Jonnal RS. Toward a clinical optoretinogram: a review of noninvasive, optical tests of retinal neural function. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2021; 9:1270. [PMID: 34532407 PMCID: PMC8421939 DOI: 10.21037/atm-20-6440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The past few years have witnessed rapid development of the optoretinogram-a noninvasive, optical measurement of neural function in the retina, and especially the photoreceptors (Ph). While its recent development has been rapid, it represents the culmination of hundreds of experiments spanning decades. Early work showed measurable and reproducible changes in the optical properties of retinal explants and suspensions of Ph, and uncovered some of the biophysical and biochemical mechanisms underlying them. That work thus provided critical motivation for more recent work based on clinical imaging platforms, whose eventual goal is the improvement of ophthalmic care and streamlining the discovery of novel therapeutics. The first part of this review consists of a selective summary of the early work, and identifies four kinds of stimulus-evoked optical signals that have emerged from it: changes in light scattered from the membranous discs of the Ph's outer segment (OS), changes in light scattered by the front and back boundaries of the OS, rearrangement of scattering material in and near the OS, and changes in the OS length. In the past decade, all four of these signals have continued to be investigated using imaging systems already used in the clinic or intended for clinical and translational use. The second part of this review discusses these imaging modalities, their potential to detect and quantify the signals of interest, and other factors influencing their translational promise. Particular attention is paid to phase-sensitive optical coherence tomography (OCT) with adaptive optics (AO), a method in which both the amplitude and the phase of light reflected from individual Ph is monitored as visible stimuli are delivered to them. The record of the light's phase is decoded to reveal a reproducible pattern of deformation in the OS, while the amplitude reveals changes in scattering and structural rearrangements. The method has been demonstrated in a few labs and has been used to measure responses from both rods and cones. With the ability to detect responses to stimuli isomerizing less than 0.01% of photopigment, this technique may prove to be a quick, noninvasive, and objective way to measure subtle disease-related dysfunction at the cellular level, and thus to provide an entirely new and complementary biomarker for retinal disease and recovery.
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Wynne N, Carroll J, Duncan JL. Promises and pitfalls of evaluating photoreceptor-based retinal disease with adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO). Prog Retin Eye Res 2021; 83:100920. [PMID: 33161127 PMCID: PMC8639282 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2020.100920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) allows visualization of the living human retina with exquisite single-cell resolution. This technology has improved our understanding of normal retinal structure and revealed pathophysiological details of a number of retinal diseases. Despite the remarkable capabilities of AOSLO, it has not seen the widespread commercial adoption and mainstream clinical success of other modalities developed in a similar time frame. Nevertheless, continued advancements in AOSLO hardware and software have expanded use to a broader range of patients. Current devices enable imaging of a number of different retinal cell types, with recent improvements in stimulus and detection schemes enabling monitoring of retinal function, microscopic structural changes, and even subcellular activity. This has positioned AOSLO for use in clinical trials, primarily as exploratory outcome measures or biomarkers that can be used to monitor disease progression or therapeutic response. AOSLO metrics could facilitate patient selection for such trials, to refine inclusion criteria or to guide the choice of therapy, depending on the presence, absence, or functional viability of specific cell types. Here we explore the potential of AOSLO retinal imaging by reviewing clinical applications as well as some of the pitfalls and barriers to more widespread clinical adoption.
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- Niamh Wynne
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Miller DT, Kurokawa K. Cellular-Scale Imaging of Transparent Retinal Structures and Processes Using Adaptive Optics Optical Coherence Tomography. Annu Rev Vis Sci 2020; 6:115-148. [PMID: 32609578 PMCID: PMC7864592 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-vision-030320-041255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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High-resolution retinal imaging is revolutionizing how scientists and clinicians study the retina on the cellular scale. Its exquisite sensitivity enables time-lapse optical biopsies that capture minute changes in the structure and physiological processes of cells in the living eye. This information is increasingly used to detect disease onset and monitor disease progression during early stages, raising the possibility of personalized eye care. Powerful high-resolution imaging tools have been in development for more than two decades; one that has garnered considerable interest in recent years is optical coherence tomography enhanced with adaptive optics. State-of-the-art adaptive optics optical coherence tomography (AO-OCT) makes it possible to visualize even highly transparent cells and measure some of their internal processes at all depths within the retina, permitting reconstruction of a 3D view of the living microscopic retina. In this review, we report current AO-OCT performance and its success in visualizing and quantifying these once-invisible cells in human eyes.
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- Donald T Miller
- School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA; ,
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- School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA; ,
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Meadway A, Sincich LC. Light reflectivity and interference in cone photoreceptors. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 10:6531-6554. [PMID: 31853415 PMCID: PMC6913404 DOI: 10.1364/boe.10.006531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
In several modes of retinal imaging, the primary means of visualizing cone photoreceptors is from reflected light. Understanding how such images are formed, particularly when adaptive optics techniques are used, will help to guide their interpretation. Toward this end, we used finite difference beam propagation to model reflections from cone photoreceptors. We investigated the formation of cone images in adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) and optical coherence tomography (AOOCT). Three cone models were tested, one made up of three segments of varying refractive index, the other two having additional boundaries at the inner/outer segment junction and outer segment tip. Images formed by the first model did not correspond to AOOCT observations in the literature, while the latter two did. The predicted distributions of reflected light intensity from the latter cone models were compared to the distribution from AOSLO images, both studied with light sources of varied coherence length. The cone model with the most reflections at the inner/outer segment junction best fit the data measured in vivo. These results show that variance in cone reflection can originate from light interfering from reflectors much more closely spaced than the outer segment length. We also show that subtracting images taken with different coherence length sources highlights these changes in interference. Differential coherence images of cones occasionally revealed an annular reflection profile, which modeling showed to be very sensitive to cone size and the gaps bracketing the outer segment, suggesting that such imaging may be useful for probing photoreceptor morphology.
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- Alexander Meadway
- Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Steptoe PJ, Momorie F, Fornah AD, Komba SP, Emsley E, Scott JT, Harding SP, Vandy MJ, Sahr F, Beare NAV, Semple MG. Multimodal Imaging and Spatial Analysis of Ebola Retinal Lesions in 14 Survivors of Ebola Virus Disease. JAMA Ophthalmol 2019; 136:689-693. [PMID: 29800941 DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.1248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Importance Differentiation between Ebola retinal lesions and other retinal pathologies in West Africa is important, and the pathogenesis of Ebola retinal disease remains poorly understood. Objective To describe the appearance of Ebola virus disease (EVD) retinal lesions using multimodal imaging to enable inferences on potential pathogenesis. Design, Setting, and Participants This prospective case series study was carried out at 34 Military Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Ophthalmological images were analyzed from 14 consecutively identified survivors of EVD of Sierra Leonean origin who had identified Ebola retinal lesions. Main Outcomes and Measures Multimodal imaging findings including ultra-widefield scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, fundus autofluorescence, swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT), Humphrey visual field analysis, and spatial analysis. Results The 14 study participants had a mean (SD) age of 37.1 (8.8) years; 6 (43%) were women. A total of 141 Ebola retinal lesions were observed in 22 of 27 eyes (81%) of these 14 survivors on ultra-widefield imaging. Of these, 41 lesions (29.1%) were accessible to OCT imaging. Retinal lesions were predominantly nonpigmented with a pale-gray appearance. Peripapillary lesions exhibited variable curvatures in keeping with the retinal nerve fiber layer projections. All lesions respected the horizontal raphe and spared the fovea. The OCT imaging demonstrated a V-shaped hyperreflectivity of the outer nuclear layer overlying discontinuities of the ellipsoid zone and interdigitation zone in the smaller lesions. Larger lesions caused a collapse of the retinal layers and loss of retinal thickness. Lesion shapes were variable, but sharp angulations were characteristic. Perilesional areas of dark without pressure (thinned ellipsoid zone hyporeflectivity) accompanied 125 of the 141 lesions (88.7%) to varying extents. Conclusions and Relevance We demonstrate OCT evidence of localized pathological changes at the level of the photoreceptors in small lesions among survivors of EVD with retinal lesions. The relevance of associated areas of dark without pressure remains undetermined.
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- Paul J Steptoe
- Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.,St. Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom.,National Institute of Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- St. Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.,National Institute of Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- St. Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom.,Department of Eye and Vision Science, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- 34 Military Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone
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- St. Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom.,Department of Eye and Vision Science, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.,National Institute of Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND HISTOLOGY OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION SUPPORT MITOCHONDRIA AS REFLECTIVITY SOURCES. Retina 2018; 38:445-461. [PMID: 29210936 DOI: 10.1097/iae.0000000000001946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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PURPOSE Widespread adoption of optical coherence tomography has revolutionized the diagnosis and management of retinal disease. If the cellular and subcellular sources of reflectivity in optical coherence tomography can be identified, the value of this technology will be advanced even further toward precision medicine, mechanistic thinking, and molecular discovery. Four hyperreflective outer retinal bands are created by the exquisite arrangement of photoreceptors, Müller cells, retinal pigment epithelium, and Bruch membrane. Because of massed effects of these axially compartmentalized and transversely aligned cells, reflectivity can be localized to the subcellular level. This review focuses on the second of the four bands, called ellipsoid zone in a consensus clinical lexicon, with the central thesis that mitochondria in photoreceptor inner segments are a major independent reflectivity source in this band, because of Mie scattering and waveguiding. METHODS We review the evolution of Band 2 nomenclature in published literature and discuss the origins of imaging signals from photoreceptor mitochondria that could make these organelles visible in vivo. RESULTS Our recent data pertain to outer retinal tubulation, a unique neurodegenerative and gliotic structure with a highly reflective border, prominent in late age-related macular degeneration. High-resolution histology and multimodal imaging of outer retinal tubulation together provide evidence that inner segment mitochondria undergoing fission and translocation toward the nucleus provide the reflectivity signal. CONCLUSION Our data support adoption of the ellipsoid zone nomenclature. Identifying subcellular signal sources will newly inform clinical.
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Chong SP, Zhang T, Kho A, Bernucci MT, Dubra A, Srinivasan VJ. Ultrahigh resolution retinal imaging by visible light OCT with longitudinal achromatization. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 9:1477-1491. [PMID: 29675296 PMCID: PMC5905900 DOI: 10.1364/boe.9.001477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Chromatic aberrations are an important design consideration in high resolution, high bandwidth, refractive imaging systems that use visible light. Here, we present a fiber-based spectral/Fourier domain, visible light OCT ophthalmoscope corrected for the average longitudinal chromatic aberration (LCA) of the human eye. Analysis of complex speckles from in vivo retinal images showed that achromatization resulted in a speckle autocorrelation function that was ~20% narrower in the axial direction, but unchanged in the transverse direction. In images from the improved, achromatized system, the separation between Bruch's membrane (BM), the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and the outer segment tips clearly emerged across the entire 6.5 mm field-of-view, enabling segmentation and morphometry of BM and the RPE in a human subject. Finally, cross-sectional images depicted distinct inner retinal layers with high resolution. Thus, with chromatic aberration compensation, visible light OCT can achieve volume resolutions and retinal image quality that matches or exceeds ultrahigh resolution near-infrared OCT systems with no monochromatic aberration compensation.
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- Shau Poh Chong
- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Equal contributions
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Equal contributions
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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Jonnal RS, Gorczynska I, Migacz JV, Azimipour M, Zawadzki RJ, Werner JS. The Properties of Outer Retinal Band Three Investigated With Adaptive-Optics Optical Coherence Tomography. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2017; 58:4559-4568. [PMID: 28877320 PMCID: PMC5586965 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.16-21138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Purpose Optical coherence tomography's (OCT) third outer retinal band has been attributed to the zone of interdigitation between RPE cells and cone outer segments. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the structure of this band with adaptive optics (AO)-OCT. Methods Using AO-OCT, images were obtained from two subjects. Axial structure was characterized by measuring band 3 thickness and separation between bands 2 and 3 in segmented cones. Lateral structure was characterized by correlation of band 3 with band 2 and comparison of their power spectra. Band thickness and separation were also measured in a clinical OCT image of one subject. Results Band 3 thickness ranged from 4.3 to 6.4 μm. Band 2 correlations ranged between 0.35 and 0.41 and power spectra of both bands confirmed peak frequencies that agree with histologic density measurements. In clinical images, band 3 thickness was between 14 and 19 μm. Measurements of AO-OCT of interband distance were lower than our corresponding clinical OCT measurements. Conclusions Band 3 originates from a structure with axial extent similar to a single surface. Correlation with band 2 suggests an origin within the cone photoreceptor. These two observations indicate that band 3 corresponds predominantly to cone outer segment tips (COST). Conventional OCT may overestimate both the thickness of band 3 and outer segment length.
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- Ravi S. Jonnal
- Vision Science and Advanced Retinal Imaging Laboratory, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, United States
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- Vision Science and Advanced Retinal Imaging Laboratory, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, United States
- Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
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- Vision Science and Advanced Retinal Imaging Laboratory, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, United States
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- Vision Science and Advanced Retinal Imaging Laboratory, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, United States
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- Vision Science and Advanced Retinal Imaging Laboratory, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, United States
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- Vision Science and Advanced Retinal Imaging Laboratory, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, United States
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Jonnal RS, Kocaoglu OP, Zawadzki RJ, Liu Z, Miller DT, Werner JS. A Review of Adaptive Optics Optical Coherence Tomography: Technical Advances, Scientific Applications, and the Future. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2016; 57:OCT51-68. [PMID: 27409507 PMCID: PMC4968917 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.16-19103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has enabled "virtual biopsy" of the living human retina, revolutionizing both basic retina research and clinical practice over the past 25 years. For most of those years, in parallel, adaptive optics (AO) has been used to improve the transverse resolution of ophthalmoscopes to foster in vivo study of the retina at the microscopic level. Here, we review work done over the last 15 years to combine the microscopic transverse resolution of AO with the microscopic axial resolution of OCT, building AO-OCT systems with the highest three-dimensional resolution of any existing retinal imaging modality. METHODS We surveyed the literature to identify the most influential antecedent work, important milestones in the development of AO-OCT technology, its applications that have yielded new knowledge, research areas into which it may productively expand, and nascent applications that have the potential to grow. RESULTS Initial efforts focused on demonstrating three-dimensional resolution. Since then, many improvements have been made in resolution and speed, as well as other enhancements of acquisition and postprocessing techniques. Progress on these fronts has produced numerous discoveries about the anatomy, function, and optical properties of the retina. CONCLUSIONS Adaptive optics OCT continues to evolve technically and to contribute to our basic and clinical knowledge of the retina. Due to its capacity to reveal cellular and microscopic detail invisible to clinical OCT systems, it is an ideal companion to those instruments and has the demonstrable potential to produce images that can guide the interpretation of clinical findings.
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- Ravi S. Jonnal
- Vision Science and Advanced Retinal Imaging Laboratory University of California-Davis, Sacramento, California, United States
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- School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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- Vision Science and Advanced Retinal Imaging Laboratory University of California-Davis, Sacramento, California, United States
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- School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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- School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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- Vision Science and Advanced Retinal Imaging Laboratory University of California-Davis, Sacramento, California, United States
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