Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Volume. 17, Issue 6, 2450008(2024)

Imaging of human parafoveal area with large field of view in adaptive optics line scanning ophthalmoscope

Wen Kong1,2、*, Yiwei Chen1,2, Guohua Shi1,2,3,4、**, and Yi He1,2、***
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230041, P. R. China
  • 2Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Medical Optics, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215163, P. R. China
  • 3Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, P. R. China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Myopia of State Health Ministry, and Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration of Shanghai, Shanghai 200003, P. R. China
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    The parafoveal area, with its high concentration of photoreceptors and fine retinal capillaries, is crucial for central vision and often exhibits early signs of pathological changes. The current adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope (AOSLO) provides an excellent tool to acquire accurate and detailed information about the parafoveal area with cellular resolution. However, limited by the scanning speed of two-dimensional scanning, the field of view (FOV) in the AOSLO system was usually less than or equal to 2°, and the stitching for the parafoveal area required dozens of images, which was time-consuming and laborious. Unfortunately, almost half of patients are unable to obtain stitched images because of their poor fixation. To solve this problem, we integrate AO technology with the line-scan imaging method to build an adaptive optics line scanning ophthalmoscope (AOLSO) system with a larger FOV. In the AOLSO, afocal spherical mirrors in pairs are nonplanar arranged and the distance and angle between optical elements are optimized to minimize the aberrations, two cylinder lenses are orthogonally placed before the imaging sensor to stretch the point spread function (PSF) for sufficiently digitizing light energy. Captured human retinal images show the whole parafoveal area with 5×5° FOV, 60Hz frame rate and cellular resolutions. Take advantage of the 5° FOV of the AOLSO, only 9 frames of the retina are captured with several minutes to stitch a montage image with an FOV of 9×9°, in which photoreceptor counting is performed within approximately 5° eccentricity. The AOLSO system not only provides cellular resolution but also has the capability to capture the parafoveal region in a single frame, which offers great potential for noninvasive studying of the parafoveal area.

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    Wen Kong, Yiwei Chen, Guohua Shi, Yi He. Imaging of human parafoveal area with large field of view in adaptive optics line scanning ophthalmoscope[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2024, 17(6): 2450008

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Feb. 5, 2024

    Accepted: Apr. 10, 2024

    Published Online: Nov. 13, 2024

    The Author Email: Wen Kong (kongwen_work@163.com), Guohua Shi (ghshi_lab@sibet.ac.cn), Yi He (heyi@sibet.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1142/S1793545824500081

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