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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 19, Iss. 11 — May. 23, 2011
  • pp: 10252–10268

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Birefringence measurement of the retinal nerve fiber layer by swept source polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography

Badr Elmaanaoui, Bingqing Wang, Jordan C. Dwelle, Austin B. McElroy, Shuang S. Liu, Henry G. Rylander, and Thomas E. Milner  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 11, pp. 10252-10268 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.010252


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Abstract

A Swept Source Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography (SS-PS-OCT) instrument has been designed, constructed, and verified to provide high sensitivity depth-resolved birefringence and phase retardation measurements of the retinal nerve fiber layer. The swept-source laser had a center wavelength of 1059 nm, a full-width-half-max spectral bandwidth of 58 nm and an A-line scan rate of 34 KHz. Power incident on the cornea was 440 µW and measured axial resolution was 17 µm in air. A multiple polarization state nonlinear fitting algorithm was used to measure retinal birefringence with low uncertainty. Maps of RNFL phase retardation in a subject measured with SS-PS-OCT compare well with those generated using a commercial scanning laser polarimetry instrument. Peak-to-valley variation of RNFL birefringence given here is less than values previously reported at 840nm.

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OCIS Codes
(170.4470) Medical optics and biotechnology : Ophthalmology
(170.4500) Medical optics and biotechnology : Optical coherence tomography
(170.4580) Medical optics and biotechnology : Optical diagnostics for medicine
(260.1440) Physical optics : Birefringence
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
(330.4300) Vision, color, and visual optics : Vision system - noninvasive assessment

ToC Category:
Medical Optics and Biotechnology

History
Original Manuscript: January 24, 2011
Revised Manuscript: April 19, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: April 28, 2011
Published: May 10, 2011

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Badr Elmaanaoui, Bingqing Wang, Jordan C. Dwelle, Austin B. McElroy, Shuang S. Liu, Henry G. Rylander, and Thomas E. Milner, "Birefringence measurement of the retinal nerve fiber layer by swept source polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography," Opt. Express 19, 10252-10268 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-11-10252


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