Polarimetric imaging of retinal disease by polarization sensitive SLO

Masahiro Miura; Ann E. Elsner; Takuya Iwasaki; Hiroshi Goto

doi:10.1117/12.2076002

20 March 2015 Polarimetric imaging of retinal disease by polarization sensitive SLO

Masahiro Miura, Ann E. Elsner, Takuya Iwasaki, Hiroshi Goto

Proceedings Volume 9307, Ophthalmic Technologies XXV; 93070N (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2076002
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Polarimetry imaging is used to evaluate different features of the macular disease. Polarimetry images were recorded using a commercially- available polarization-sensitive scanning laser opthalmoscope at 780 nm (PS-SLO, GDx-N). From data sets of PS-SLO, we computed average reflectance image, depolarized light images, and ratio-depolarized light images. The average reflectance image is the grand mean of all input polarization states. The depolarized light image is the minimum of crossed channel. The ratio-depolarized light image is a ratio between the average reflectance image and depolarized light image, and was used to compensate for variation of brightness. Each polarimetry image is compared with the autofluorescence image at 800 nm (NIR-AF) and autofluorescence image at 500 nm (SW-AF). We evaluated four eyes with geographic atrophy in age related macular degeneration, one eye with retinal pigment epithelium hyperplasia, and two eyes with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy. Polarization analysis could selectively emphasize different features of the retina. Findings in ratio depolarized light image had similarities and differences with NIR-AF images. Area of hyper-AF in NIR-AF images showed high intensity areas in the ratio depolarized light image, representing melanin accumulation. Areas of hypo-AF in NIR-AF images showed low intensity areas in the ratio depolarized light images, representing melanin loss. Drusen were high-intensity areas in the ratio depolarized light image, but NIR-AF images was insensitive to the presence of drusen. Unlike NIR-AF images, SW-AF images showed completely different features from the ratio depolarized images. Polarization sensitive imaging is an effective tool as a non-invasive assessment of macular disease.

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Masahiro Miura, Ann E. Elsner, Takuya Iwasaki, and Hiroshi Goto "Polarimetric imaging of retinal disease by polarization sensitive SLO", Proc. SPIE 9307, Ophthalmic Technologies XXV, 93070N (20 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2076002

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Polarimetry

Polarization

Reflectivity

Retina

Retinal scanning

Sensors

Auto-fluorescence imaging

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