Imaging retinal structures at cellular-level resolution by visible-light optical coherence tomography. 2020

Shaohua Pi, and Tristan T Hormel, and Xiang Wei, and William Cepurna, and John C Morrison, and Yali Jia

In vivo high-resolution images are the most direct way to understand retinal function and diseases. Here we report the use of visible-light optical coherence tomography with volumetric registration and averaging to achieve cellular-level retinal structural imaging in a rat eye, covering the entire depth of the retina. Vitreous fibers, nerve fiber bundles, and vasculature were clearly revealed, as well as at least three laminar sublayers in the inner plexiform layer. We also successfully visualized ganglion cell somas in the ganglion cell layer, cells in the inner nuclear layer, and photoreceptors in the outer nuclear layer and ellipsoid zone. This technique provides, to the best of our knowledge, a new means to visualize the retina in vivo at a cellular resolution and may enable detection or discovery of cellular neuronal biomarkers to help better diagnose ocular disease.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008027 Light That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range. Light, Visible,Photoradiation,Radiation, Visible,Visible Radiation,Photoradiations,Radiations, Visible,Visible Light,Visible Radiations
D008297 Male Males
D012160 Retina The ten-layered nervous tissue membrane of the eye. It is continuous with the OPTIC NERVE and receives images of external objects and transmits visual impulses to the brain. Its outer surface is in contact with the CHOROID and the inner surface with the VITREOUS BODY. The outer-most layer is pigmented, whereas the inner nine layers are transparent. Ora Serrata
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus
D059629 Signal-To-Noise Ratio The comparison of the quantity of meaningful data to the irrelevant or incorrect data. Ratio, Signal-To-Noise,Ratios, Signal-To-Noise,Signal To Noise Ratio,Signal-To-Noise Ratios
D041623 Tomography, Optical Coherence An imaging method using LASERS that is used for mapping subsurface structure. When a reflective site in the sample is at the same optical path length (coherence) as the reference mirror, the detector observes interference fringes. OCT Tomography,Optical Coherence Tomography,Coherence Tomography, Optical,Tomography, OCT

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