title: Improved visualization of outer retinal morphology with aberration cancelling reflective optical design for adaptive optics - optical coherence tomography.
abstract: We present an aberration cancelling optical design for a reflective adaptive optics - optical coherence tomography (AO-OCT) retinal imaging system. The optical performance of this instrument is compared to our previous multimodal AO-OCT/AO-SLO retinal imaging system. The feasibility of new instrumentation for improved visualization of microscopic retinal structures is discussed. Examples of images acquired with this new AO-OCT instrument are presented.
authors.affiliation: Vision Science and Advanced Retinal Imaging Laboratory (VSRI) and Dept. of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, UC Davis, 4860 Y Street, Suite 2400, Sacramento, CA USA 95817 USA.
authors.forename: Sang-Hyuck
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Zawadzki
keywords: (010.1080) Active or adaptive optics; (110.4500) Optical coherence tomography; (120.3890) Medical optics instrumentation; (170.0110) Imaging systems; (170.4470) Ophthalmology; (220.1000) Aberration compensation