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
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
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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
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)