title: Measurement of the micro-electroretinogram and component analysis.
abstract: The authors propose a new technique for detecting micro-electroretinograms (muERG) which uses light-emitting diode (LED) stimulation and frequency analysis. The advantage of this method is the applicability of linear system analysis to a muERG obtained by partial stimulation of a computer-controlled waveform. The paper discusses two basic techniques for detecting the muERG. One is Fourier analysis of a synchronised ERG obtained by sine-wave stimulus, and the other is correlation analysis using a random stimulus. The results of the two methods are compared, and the usefulness of the proposed method is indicated; the muERG is analysed by means of a model consisting of five components of a second-order transfer function with delay. Functions of the central and peripheral areas of the retina could be analysed in more detail by this technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
mesh_terms: D004596:Electroretinography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology*; D013597:Systems Analysis