Non-invasive imaging and monitoring of rodent retina using simultaneous dual-band optical coherence tomography

Peter Cimalla; Anke Burkhardt; Julia Walther; Aline Hoefer; Dierk Wittig; Richard Funk; Edmund Koch

doi:10.1117/12.874636

5 February 2011 Non-invasive imaging and monitoring of rodent retina using simultaneous dual-band optical coherence tomography

Peter Cimalla, Anke Burkhardt, Julia Walther, Aline Hoefer, Dierk Wittig, Richard Funk, Edmund Koch

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Proceedings Volume 7889, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XV; 788909 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.874636
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Spectral domain dual-band optical coherence tomography for simultaneous imaging of rodent retina in the 0.8 μm and 1.3 μm wavelength region and non-invasive monitoring of the posterior eye microstructure in the field of retinal degeneration research is demonstrated. The system is illuminated by a supercontinuum laser source and allows three-dimensional imaging with high axial resolution better than 3.8 μm and 5.3 μm in tissue at 800 nm and 1250 nm, respectively, for precise retinal thickness measurements. A fan-shaped scanning pattern with the pivot point close to the eye's pupil and a contact lens are applied to obtain optical access to the eye's fundus. First in vivo experiments in a RCS (royal college of surgeons) rat model with gene-related degeneration of the photoreceptor cells show good visibility of the retinal microstructure with sufficient contrast for thickness measurement of individual retinal layers. An enhanced penetration depth at 1250 nm is clearly identifiable revealing sub-choroidal structures that are not visible at 800 nm. Furthermore, additional simultaneous imaging at 1250 nm improves image quality by frequency compounding speckle noise reduction. These results are encouraging for time course studies of the rodent retina concerning its development related to disease progression and treatment response.

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Peter Cimalla, Anke Burkhardt, Julia Walther, Aline Hoefer, Dierk Wittig, Richard Funk, and Edmund Koch "Non-invasive imaging and monitoring of rodent retina using simultaneous dual-band optical coherence tomography", Proc. SPIE 7889, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XV, 788909 (5 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.874636

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