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June 2020
Volume 61, Issue 7
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   June 2020
Single-volume AO-OCT imaging of retinal pigment epithelial cells at an extended field of view
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Elisabeth Brunner
    Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
  • Muhammad Faizan Shirazi
    Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
  • Marie Laslandes
    ALPAO, France
  • Wolfgang Drexler
    Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
  • Andreas Pollreisz
    Ophtalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
  • Christoph K Hitzenberger
    Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
  • Michael Pircher
    Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships   Elisabeth Brunner, None; Muhammad Shirazi, None; Marie Laslandes, None; Wolfgang Drexler, None; Andreas Pollreisz, None; Christoph Hitzenberger, None; Michael Pircher, IMAGINE EYES (C)
  • Footnotes
    Support  SFB "Tomography across the scales" F6803-N36, MERLIN EU-HORIZON 2020 ICT
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2020, Vol.61, 224. doi:
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      Elisabeth Brunner, Muhammad Faizan Shirazi, Marie Laslandes, Wolfgang Drexler, Andreas Pollreisz, Christoph K Hitzenberger, Michael Pircher; Single-volume AO-OCT imaging of retinal pigment epithelial cells at an extended field of view. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2020;61(7):224.

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Abstract

Purpose : In this work, we have investigated the possibility to visualize retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells in healthy subjects with single-volume adaptive optics optical coherence tomography (AO-OCT) images recorded at an extended field of view (FoV).

Methods : We used a spectral domain AO-OCT setup that supports an imaging beam diameter of 7 mm while maintaining a FoV of ~4°x4°. The instrument provides an axial resolution of 4.5 μm at 840 nm central wavelength and an A-scan rate of 250 kHz. For AO correction mainly backscattered light originating from the RPE layer is used in order to obtain the highest sharpness from this layer. Retinal images were recorded in the fovea of several healthy volunteers and segmentation of the photoreceptor and RPE layers allows for their en-face visualization. All results presented are extracted from single shot 3-D volumes and no averaging was applied.

Results : Representative image data displayed in the figure show en-face images of the cone outer segment tips (COST) and the RPE layer. The cone mosaic is well visualized within the entire FoV apart from a small region of 0.5° eccentricity from the fovea centralis. The power spectra of regions of interest show the ability of the instrument to resolve the photoreceptors and RPE cells. From the RPE layer, a lower spatial frequency is obtained than from the equivalent section in the COST layer indicating a lower packing density of the RPE cells compared to the cones. The visualization of the RPE mosaic from single-shot data was achieved for all subjects. From the data cell densities could be retrieved that are consistent with previous studies.

Conclusions : The photoreceptor and RPE layers can be visualized in single volume AO-OCT images at a large field of view. Through power spectra analysis the different row-to-row spacings could be identified for several subjects. The extended field of view facilitates the exact determination of the imaging location and enables the acquisition of large patches (>10°) of the retina with cellular resolution via image stitching.

This is a 2020 ARVO Annual Meeting abstract.

 

Representative AO-OCT data recorded in the fovea with a FoV of ~4°x4°: En-face projections retrieved from a single 3-D volume and respective power spectra of regions of interest of a) the COST layer and b) the RPE, with the cross marking the fovea centralis.

Representative AO-OCT data recorded in the fovea with a FoV of ~4°x4°: En-face projections retrieved from a single 3-D volume and respective power spectra of regions of interest of a) the COST layer and b) the RPE, with the cross marking the fovea centralis.

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