Challenges and possibilities for developing adaptive optics: ultra-high resolution optical coherence tomography for clinical in vivo retinal imaging

Robert J. Zawadzki; Stacey S. Choi; Julia W. Evans; John S. Werner

doi:10.1117/12.819169

30 December 2008 Challenges and possibilities for developing adaptive optics: ultra-high resolution optical coherence tomography for clinical in vivo retinal imaging

Robert J. Zawadzki, Stacey S. Choi, Julia W. Evans, John S. Werner

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Proceedings Volume 7139, 1st Canterbury Workshop on Optical Coherence Tomography and Adaptive Optics; 71390X (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.819169
Event: 1st Canterbury Workshop and School in Optical Coherence Tomography and Adaptive Optics, 2008, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Abstract

Recent developments in adaptive optics - optical coherence tomography (AO-OCT) allow for ultra-high isotropic resolution imaging of the in-vivo retina, offering unprecedented insight into its volumetric microscopic and cellular structures. In addition to this promising achievement, the clinical impact and application of this technology still needs to be explored. This includes assessment of limitations and challenges for existing as well as future AO-OCT systems, especially in the context of potential transfer of this technology from an optical bench to a portable imaging system. To address these issues we will describe our current AO-UHR-OCT focusing on its sub-components, as well as application for clinical imaging. Additionally, we describe some directions for future development of our AO-OCT instrument that would improve its clinical utility including: new compact AO-OCT design, new improved AO sub-system (extreme AO), and new generations of Fourier-domain-OCT.

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Robert J. Zawadzki, Stacey S. Choi, Julia W. Evans, and John S. Werner "Challenges and possibilities for developing adaptive optics: ultra-high resolution optical coherence tomography for clinical in vivo retinal imaging", Proc. SPIE 7139, 1st Canterbury Workshop on Optical Coherence Tomography and Adaptive Optics, 71390X (30 December 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.819169

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