title: Directional light scanning laser ophthalmoscope.
abstract: The cone photoreceptor mosaic of the living human eye has in a limited number of cases been imaged without the use of wavefront-correction techniques. To accomplish this, the directionality of the photoreceptors, as manifested by their waveguiding properties, may be used to advantage. In the present paper we provide a model of our recently proposed directional light scanning laser ophthalmoscope [Opt. Lett. 29, 968 (2004)] together with a detailed numerical analysis of the device. The outcome is compared with experimental results.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Optica, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo (Edificio C), 30071 Murcia, Spain. vohnsen@um.es
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vohnsen
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iglesias
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Artal
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008027:Light; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008954:Models, Biological; D019721:Ophthalmoscopes; D010783:Photometry / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017949:Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity