Depth-resolved measurement of ocular fundus pulsations by low-coherence tissue interferometry

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Dragostinoff, Nikolaus ^a   Werkmeister, René M ^a   Gröschl, Martin ^b   Schmetterer, Leopold ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dual beam partial coherence interferometry; Eye length; Fundus pulsation

Indexed keywords

AXIAL POSITIONS; CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE CAMERA; DEPTH-RESOLVED; EYE LENGTH; FRONT SURFACES; FUNDUS PULSATION; HEALTHY HUMANS; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; INTRAOCULAR; LENGTH MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; LINE SCAN; LOW-COHERENCE; MYOPIA DEVELOPMENT; OCULAR FUNDUS; ON-LINE INSPECTION; PARTIAL COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY; PRE-SELECTED; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; RETINAL LAYERS; TEMPORAL COHERENCE;

COHERENT LIGHT; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TISSUE; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

INTERFEROMETRY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74049150543     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3251049     Document Type: Article

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