Open AccessThree-dimensional polarization sensitive OCT imaging and interactive display of the human retina
Author(s) -
Erich Götzinger,
Michael Pircher,
Bernhard Baumann,
C. Ahlers,
W. Geitzenauer,
Ursula SchmidtErfurth,
Christoph K. Hitzenberger
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.004151
Subject(s) - computer science , optics , polarization (electrochemistry) , stokes parameters , human eye , contrast (vision) , retina , biophotonics , computer vision , computer graphics (images) , artificial intelligence , physics , scattering , photonics , chemistry
Polarization sensitive OCT has recently been shown to provide tissue specific contrast, enabling direct identification of retinal layers based on the intrinsic properties of their interaction with light. However, the capabilities of displaying and analyzing 3D datasets in scientific publications were rather limited. Within the framework of the Interactive Science Publishing project, we present new ways of displaying and analyzing 3D sets of various polarization parameters recorded in healthy and diseased human retinas. These datasets can be interactively explored by the reader. Furthermore, we provide data of the 3D distribution of backscattered Stokes vectors to allow the reader to develop and test their own data processing algorithms.