Open AccessIn vivo SS-OCT imaging of crystalline lens sutures
Author(s) -
Ashish Gupta,
Daniel Rumiński,
Alfonso Jiménez Villar,
Raúl Duarte Toledo,
Silvestre Manzanera,
Spozmai Panezai,
Juan Mompeán,
Pablo Artal,
Ireneusz Grulkowski
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
biomedical optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.362
H-Index - 86
ISSN - 2156-7085
DOI - 10.1364/boe.401254
Subject(s) - optical coherence tomography , lens (geology) , fibrous joint , optics , materials science , preclinical imaging , contrast (vision) , in vivo , biomedical engineering , anatomy , medicine , physics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
We demonstrate in vivo three-dimensional (3-D) visualization of crystalline lens sutures in healthy eyes using swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT). Volumetric data sets of the crystalline lenses were acquired and processed to obtain enhanced contrast projection images and to extract suture patterns in both anterior and posterior lens. The results presented different types of the sutures including Y-sutures, simple and complex star sutures. Age-related changes in suture arrangement were characterized quantitatively. Crystalline lens suture imaging with SS-OCT might be a useful tool in fundamental studies on development and ageing of human lens.