In vivo Fourier-domain full-field OCT of the human retina with 1.5 million A-lines/s.
In vivo full-field (FF) optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of human retina are presented by using a rapidly tunable laser source in combination with an ultra-high-speed camera. Fourier-domain FF-OCT provided a way to increase the speed of retinal imaging by parallel acquisition of A-scans. Reduced contrast caused by cross talk was observed only below the retinal pigment epithelium. With a 100Hz sweep rate, FF-OCT was fast enough to acquire OCT images with acceptable motion artifacts. FF-OCT allows ultrafast retinal imaging, boosting image speed by a lack of moving parts and a considerably higher irradiation power.
Bonin
Tim
T
Institute for Biomedical Optics and MLL GmbH, University of Lübeck, Peter-Monnik-Weg 4, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.
Franke
Gesa
G
Hagen-Eggert
Martin
M
Koch
Peter
P
Hüttmann
Gereon
G
D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D007834:Lasers; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*