Title :
Ultrahigh resolution OCT imaging of retinal pathology in the ophthalmology clinic
Author :
Ko, Tony H. ; Kowalevicz, Andrew M. ; Paunescu, L.A. ; Schuman, Joel S. ; Drexler, Wolfgang ; Hartl, Ingmar ; Kaertner, Franz ; Fujimoto, James G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
An ultrahigh resolution ophthalmic optical coherence tomography (OCT) system with 3 /spl mu/m resolution was developed using a femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser light source. Studies on patients in the ophthalmology clinic demonstrate that ultrahigh resolution dramatically improves visualization of retinal pathology.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; eye; high-speed optical techniques; image resolution; laser applications in medicine; optical tomography; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; vision; Al/sub 2/O/sub 2/:Ti; OCT imaging; femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser; light source; ophthalmology clinic; retinal pathology; ultrahigh resolution; visualization; Image resolution; Laser modes; Light sources; Optical imaging; Pathology; Pixel; Pump lasers; Retina; Ultrafast optics; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
