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Originally published In Press as doi:10.1167/iovs.08-2127 on July 24, 2008
 (Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2008;49:5103-5110.)
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Ultrahigh-Speed Optical Coherence Tomography for Three-Dimensional and En Face Imaging of the Retina and Optic Nerve Head

Vivek J. Srinivasan,1 Desmond C. Adler,1 Yueli Chen,1,2 Iwona Gorczynska,1,2 Robert Huber,1,3 Jay S. Duker,2 Joel S. Schuman,4 and James G. Fujimoto1

1From the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; the 2New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts; 3Lehrstuhl für BioMolekulare Optik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Physik, Munich, Germany; and the 4UPMC Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

PURPOSE. To demonstrate ultrahigh-speed optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging of the retina and optic nerve head at 249,000 axial scans per second and a wavelength of 1060 nm. To investigate methods for visualization of the retina, choroid, and optic nerve using high-density sampling enabled by improved imaging speed.

METHODS. A swept-source OCT retinal imaging system operating at a speed of 249,000 axial scans per second was developed. Imaging of the retina, choroid, and optic nerve were performed. Display methods such as speckle reduction, slicing along arbitrary planes, en face visualization of reflectance from specific retinal layers, and image compounding were investigated.

RESULTS. High-definition and three-dimensional (3D) imaging of the normal retina and optic nerve head were performed. Increased light penetration at 1060 nm enabled improved visualization of the choroid, lamina cribrosa, and sclera. OCT fundus images and 3D visualizations were generated with higher pixel density and less motion artifacts than standard spectral/Fourier domain OCT. En face images enabled visualization of the porous structure of the lamina cribrosa, nerve fiber layer, choroid, photoreceptors, RPE, and capillaries of the inner retina.

CONCLUSIONS. Ultrahigh-speed OCT imaging of the retina and optic nerve head at 249,000 axial scans per second is possible. The improvement of ~5 to 10x in imaging speed over commercial spectral/Fourier domain OCT technology enables higher density raster scan protocols and improved performance of en face visualization methods. The combination of the longer wavelength and ultrahigh imaging speed enables excellent visualization of the choroid, sclera, and lamina cribrosa.




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