All Articles from René M. Werkmeister -Optical Coherence Tomography News

Articles from René M. Werkmeister

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1. Cutaneous optical coherence tomography for longitudinal volumetric assessment of intradermal volumes in a mouse model
  
  Explore Nature Publishing Group Mar 10 2020 Dermatology
  
  Clinical evaluation of skin lesions requires precise and reproducible technologies for their qualitative and quantitative assessment. In this study, we investigate the applicability of a custom-built dermatologic OCT system for longitudinal assessment of intradermal volumes in a mouse model. The OCT, based on an akinetic swept laser working at 1310 nm was employed for visualization and quantification of intradermal deposits of three different hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel formulations – one commercial and two test substances. Hydrogels were applied in 22 BALB/c mice, and measurements were performed over a six-month time period. All hydrogels increased in volume within the first weeks and ...
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  Mentions: Medical University of Vienna Singapore Eye Research Institute Nanyang Technological University
2. Deep learning segmentation for optical coherence tomography measurements of the lower tear meniscus
  
  Explore OSA | OSA Publishing Feb 26 2020 Ophthalmology
  
  The tear meniscus contains most of the tear fluid and therefore is a good indicator for the state of the tear film. Previously, we used a custom-built optical coherence tomography (OCT) system to study the lower tear meniscus by automatically segmenting the image data with a thresholding-based segmentation algorithm (TBSA). In this report, we investigate whether the results of this image segmentation algorithm are suitable to train a neural network in order to obtain similar or better segmentation results with shorter processing times. Considering the class imbalance problem, we compare two approaches, one directly segmenting the tear meniscus (DSA), the ...
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  Mentions: Duke University Medical University of Vienna Singapore Eye Research Institute
3. Comparison of optical coherence tomography and high frequency ultrasound imaging in mice for the assessment of skin morphology and intradermal volumes
  
  Explore Nature Publishing Group Sep 24 2019 Dermatology
  
  Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and high-frequency ultrasound (HFUS), two established imaging modalities in the field of dermatology, were evaluated and compared regarding their applicability for visualization of skin tissue morphology and quantification of murine intradermal structures. The accuracy and reproducibility of both methods were assessed ex vivo and in vivo using a standardized model for intradermal volumes based on injected soft tissue fillers. OCT revealed greater detail in skin morphology, allowing for detection of single layers due to the superior resolution. Volumetric data measured by OCT (7.9 ± 0.3 μl) and HFUS (7.7 ± 0.5 μl) were in ...
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  Mentions: Medical University of Vienna
4. Light-induced changes of the subretinal space of the temporal retina observed via optical coherence tomography
  
  Explore Nature Publishing Group Sep 24 2019 Ophthalmology
  
  Photoreceptor function is impaired in many retinal diseases like age-related macular degeneration. Currently, assessment of the photoreceptor function for the early diagnosis and monitoring of these diseases is either subjective, as in visual field testing, requires contact with the eye, like in electroretinography, or relies on research prototypes with acquisition speeds unattained by conventional imaging systems. We developed an objective, noncontact method to monitor photoreceptor function using a standard optical coherence tomography system. This method can be used with various white light sources for stimulation. The technique was applied in five volunteers and detected a decrease of volume of the ...
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  Mentions: Medical University of Vienna
5. Characterization of dry eye disease in a mouse model by optical coherence tomography and fluorescein staining
  
  Explore OSA | OSA Publishing Aug 31 2019 Ophthalmology
  
  A custom-built ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (UHR-OCT) system and fluorescein staining were employed for investigation of a scopolamine induced dry eye mouse model. Acquired data was used to evaluate common and complementary findings of the two modalities. Central corneal thickness as measured by UHR-OCT increased significantly over the study period of 24 hours, from 89.0 ± 3.57 µm to 92.2 ± 4.07 µm. Both techniques were able to show corneal lesions with a large range of severity. Localized fluorescein staining was detected in 5% and diffuse staining in 45% of cases where no epithelial damage was visible with ...
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  Mentions: Duke University Medical University of Vienna Singapore Eye Research Institute
6. Ultrahigh‐resolution anterior segment optical coherence tomography for analysis of corneal microarchitecture during wound healing
  
  Explore Wiley Online Library Feb 19 2019 Ophthalmology
  
  Purpose To employ ultrahigh‐resolution (UHR) optical coherence tomography (OCT) for investigation of the early wound healing process in corneal epithelium. Methods A custom‐built UHR‐OCT system assessed epithelial healing in human keratoconic cornea after epi‐off crosslinking (CXL) procedure and a wound healing model in rabbits with iatrogenic corneal injury. 3D OCT data sets enhanced obtaining epithelial thickness maps and evaluation of reepithelization stage. Accompanying changes in deeper corneal microarchitecture were analysed. Results The mean central corneal thickness in 40 eyes with keratoconus at baseline was 482.7 ± 38.2 μ m, while mean central epithelial thickness (CET) was ...
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  Mentions: Angelika Unterhuber
7. In Vivo Characterization of Spontaneous Retinal Neovascularization in the Mouse Eye by Multifunctional Optical Coherence Tomography
  
  Explore IOVS Journal Apr 26 2018
  
  Purpose : To investigate the early development of spontaneous retinal neovascularization in the murine retina by a multifunctional optical coherence tomography approach. To characterize involved tissue changes in vivo and describe structural and functional changes over time. Methods : A multifunctional optical coherence tomography (OCT) system providing 3-fold contrast comprising reflectivity, polarization sensitivity, and OCT angiography (OCTA) was utilized to image very-low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) knockout mice. Baseline measurements were acquired as early as postnatal day 14 and a follow-up of neovascularization development was performed until the age of 3 months. Control mice were imaged accordingly and a multiparametric image analysis was ...
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  Mentions: Christoph K. Hitzenberger Medical University of Vienna Bernhard Baumann
8. Ultrahigh-resolution OCT imaging of the human cornea
  
  Explore OSA | OSA Publishing Feb 22 2017 Ophthalmology
  
  We present imaging of corneal pathologies using optical coherence tomography (OCT) with high resolution. To this end, an ultrahigh-resolution spectral domain OCT (UHR-OCT) system based on a broad bandwidth Ti:sapphire laser is employed. With a central wavelength of 800 nm, the imaging device allows to acquire OCT data at the central, paracentral and peripheral cornea as well as the limbal region with 1.2 µm x 20 µm (axial x lateral) resolution at a rate of 140 000 A-scans/s. Structures of the anterior segment of the eye, not accessible with commercial OCT systems, are visualized. These include corneal ...
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  Mentions: Medical University of Vienna Singapore Eye Research Institute
9. Effect of different lubricant eye gels on tear film thickness as measured with ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography
  
  Explore Wiley Online Library Dec 18 2016 Ophthalmology
  
  Purpose To compare the effect of a single drop of different lubricant eye gels on tear film thickness (TFT) as measured with ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (UHR-OCT) in patients with mild-to-moderate dry eye disease (DED). Methods The study followed a randomized, single-masked, observer-blinded parallel group design. Patients received a single dose of either unpreserved trehalose 3% + hyaluronic acid 0.15% (TH), hyaluronic acid 0.2% (HA) or polyethylene glycol 0.4% + propylene glycol 0.3% (PP) eye drops. In total, 60 patients were included and TFT was measured using a custom-built UHR-OCT system. Results The mean TFT at baseline was ...
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10. Measurement of Retinal Vascular Caliber From Optical Coherence Tomography Phase Images
  
  Explore IOVS Journal Jul 13 2016 Ophthalmology
  
  Purpose : To compare retinal vessel calibers extracted from phase-sensitive optical coherence tomography (OCT) images with vessel calibers as obtained from the Retinal Vessel Analyzer (RVA). Methods : Data from previously published studies in 13 healthy subjects breathing room air ( n = 214 vessels) and 7 subjects breathing 100% oxygen ( n = 101 vessels) were used. Vessel calibers from OCT phase images were measured vertically along the optical axis by three independent graders. The data from RVA fundus images were corrected for magnification to obtain absolute values. Results : The average vessel diameter as obtained from OCT images during normoxia was lower than from RVA ...
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  Mentions: Medical University of Vienna
11. Total Retinal Blood Flow in a Nonhuman Primate Optic Nerve Transection Model Using Dual-Beam Bidirectional Doppler FD-OCT and Microsphere Method
  
  Explore IOVS Journal Apr 1 2016 Ophthalmology
  
  Purpose : We validated noninvasive Doppler-optical coherence tomography (OCT) blood flow measurements against the terminal microsphere method in a surgical induced optic nerve transection nonhuman primate model. Methods : In 6 nonhuman primates, total retinal blood flow (TRBF) was measured with a custom-built dual-beam bidirectional Doppler Fourier Domain (FD)-OCT. Peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) was measured by Spectralis spectral-domain (SD)-OCT. Measurements were performed every 10 to 15 days before and after unilateral optic nerve transection (ONT) until RNFLT was reduced by more than 40% from baseline. Before the animals were killed, TRBF was measured using the microsphere technique ...
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  Mentions: Heidelberg Engineering Medical University of Vienna Devers Eye Institute
12. In vivo tear film thickness measurement and tear film dynamics visualization using spectral domain optical coherence tomography
  
  Explore OSA | OSA Publishing Aug 13 2015 Ophthalmology
  
  Dry eye syndrome is a highly prevalent disease of the ocular surface characterized by an instability of the tear film. Traditional methods used for the evaluation of tear film stability are invasive or show limited repeatability. Here we propose a new non-invasive fully automated approach to measure tear film thickness based on spectral domain optical coherence tomography and on an efficient delay estimator. Silicon wafer phantom were used to validate the thickness measurement. The technique was applied in vivo in healthy subjects. Series of tear film thickness maps were generated, allowing for the visualization of tear film dynamics. Our results ...
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  Mentions: Medical University of Vienna Angelika Unterhuber
13. Blood flow velocity vector field reconstruction from dual-beam bidirectional Doppler OCT measurements in retinal veins
  
  Explore opticsinfobase.org Apr 6 2015
  
  In this paper, we demonstrate the possibility to reconstruct the actual blood flow velocity vector field in retinal microvessels from dual-beam bidirectional Doppler optical coherence tomography measurements. First, for a better understanding of measured phase patterns, several flow situations were simulated on the basis of the known dual beam measurement geometry. We were able to extract the vector field parameters that determine the measured phase pattern, allowing for the development of an algorithm to reconstruct the velocity vector field from measured phase data. In a next step, measurements were performed at a straight vessel section and at a venous convergence ...
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  Mentions: Rainer A. Leitgeb Medical University of Vienna
14. Line-field parallel swept source MHz OCT for structural and functional retinal imaging
  
  Explore opticsinfobase.org Feb 19 2015
  
  We demonstrate three-dimensional structural and functional retinal imaging with line-field parallel swept source imaging (LPSI) at acquisition speeds of up to 1 MHz equivalent A-scan rate with sensitivity better than 93.5 dB at a central wavelength of 840 nm. The results demonstrate competitive sensitivity, speed, image contrast and penetration depth when compared to conventional point scanning OCT. LPSI allows high-speed retinal imaging of function and morphology with commercially available components. We further demonstrate a method that mitigates the effect of the lateral Gaussian intensity distribution across the line focus and demonstrate and discuss the feasibility of high-speed optical angiography ...
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  Mentions: Rainer A. Leitgeb Wolfgang Drexler Medical University of Vienna
15. Effect of hyaluronic acid on tear film thickness as assessed with ultra-high resolution optical coherence tomography
  
  Explore Wiley Online Library Jan 21 2015 Ophthalmology
  
  Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a single drop of hyaluronic acid on tear film thickness (TFT) in healthy subjects. Methods Sixteen healthy subjects (eight male/eight female) aged between 20 and 36 years were included in this randomized, double-masked placebo-controlled study. One eye received a single dose of hyaluronic acid (Olixia pure ® ; Croma Pharma, Korneuburg, Austria) eye drops, and the fellow eye received physiologic saline solution as placebo control. The study eye was chosen randomly. TFT as measured with a custom-built Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) system was the main outcome variable and ...
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  Mentions: Medical University of Vienna Angelika Unterhuber
16. Measurement of retinal blood flow in the rat by combining Doppler Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography with fundus imaging
  
  Explore SPIE | Journal Oct 18 2014
  
  A wide variety of ocular diseases are associated with abnormalities in ocular circulation. As such, there is considerable interest in techniques for quantifying retinal blood flow, among which Doppler optical coherence tomography (OCT) may be the most promising. We present an approach to measure retinal blood flow in the rat using a new optical system that combines the measurement of blood flow velocities via Doppler Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography and the measurement of vessel diameters using a fundus camera-based technique. Relying on fundus images for extraction of retinal vessel diameters instead of OCT images improves the reliability of the technique ...
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  Mentions: Rainer A. Leitgeb Medical University of Vienna
17. Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography
  
  Explore ScienceDirect Apr 4 2014 Ophthalmology
  
  Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) has revolutionized ophthalmology. Since its introduction in the early 1990s it has continuously improved in terms of speed, resolution and sensitivity. The technique has also seen a variety of extensions aiming to assess functional aspects of the tissue in addition to morphology. One of these approaches is Doppler OCT (DOCT), which aims to visualize and quantify blood flow. Such extensions were already implemented in time domain systems, but have gained importance with the introduction of Fourier domain OCT. Nowadays phase-sensitive detection techniques are most widely used to extract blood velocity and blood flow from tissues. A ...
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  Mentions: Rainer A. Leitgeb Medical University of Vienna Cedric Blatter
18. Measurement of the total retinal blood flow using dual beam Fourier-domain Doppler optical coherence tomography with orthogonal detection planes
  
  Explore opticsinfobase.org Jan 28 2014 Ophthalmology
  
  We present a system capable of measuring the total retinal blood flow using a combination of dual beam Fourier-domain Doppler optical coherence tomography with orthogonal detection planes and a fundus camera-based retinal vessel analyzer. Our results show a high degree of conformity of venous and arterial flows, which corroborates the validity of the measurements. In accordance with Murray’s law, the log-log regression coefficient between vessel diameter and blood flow was found to be ~3. The blood’s velocity scaled linearly with the vessel diameter at higher diameters (> 60 µm), but showed a clear divergence from the linear dependence at ...
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  Mentions: Rainer A. Leitgeb Medical University of Vienna
19. In vitro and in vivo three-dimensional velocity vector measurement by three-beam spectral-domain Doppler optical coherence tomography
  
  Explore SPIE | Journal Nov 20 2013
  
  We developed a three-beam Doppler optical coherence tomography (OCT) system that enables measurement of the velocity vector of moving particles in three-dimensions (3-D). The spatial orientation as well as the magnitude of motion can be determined without prior knowledge of the geometry of motion. The system combines three spectral-domain OCT interferometers whose sample beams are focused at the sample by a common focusing lens at three different angles. This provides three spatially independent velocity components simultaneously from which the velocity vector can be reconstructed. We demonstrate the system in a simple test object (rotating disc), a flow phantom, and for ...
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  Mentions: Christoph K. Hitzenberger Michael Pircher Medical University of Vienna
20. Dove prism based rotating dual beam bidirectional Doppler OCT
  
  Explore opticsinfobase.org Jun 30 2013
  
  Traditional Doppler OCT is highly sensitive to motion artifacts due to the dependence on the Doppler angle. This limits its accuracy in clinical practice. To overcome this limitation, we use a bidirectional dual beam technique equipped with a novel rotating scanning scheme employing a Dove prism. The volume is probed from two distinct illumination directions with variable controlled incidence plane, allowing for reconstruction of the true flow velocity at arbitrary vessel orientations. The principle is implemented with Swept Source OCT at 1060nm with 100,000 A-Scans/s. We apply the system to resolve pulsatile retinal absolute blood velocity by performing ...
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  Mentions: Rainer A. Leitgeb Medical University of Vienna Branislav Grajciar
21. Measurement of Absolute Blood Flow Velocity and Blood Flow in the Human Retina by Dual-beam Bidirectional Doppler Fourier-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
  
  Explore iovs.org Aug 15 2012 Ophthalmology
  
  Purpose The present experiments were undertaken to evaluate the validity of absolute flow velocity measurements using a dual-beam bidirectional Doppler Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) system. Methods The flow velocities of diluted milk through a glass capillary were measured at 30 different preset velocities in the range of 0.9 to 39.3 mm/s by bidirectional Doppler FD-OCT. The flow through the capillary was controlled by two infusion pumps working in different flow ranges and based on different technical principles. In vivo the validity of the method for measuring blood flow in retinal vessels was tested at bifurcations. The ...
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  Mentions: Rainer A. Leitgeb Medical University of Vienna
22. In vivo bi-directional Doppler Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography for measurement of absolute flow velocities
  
  Explore SPIE Digital Library Feb 24 2009
  
  A bidirectional FDOCT system capable of measuring absolute velocities of moving scatterers is described. In this setup the sample is illuminated with two differently polarized beams. These two probe beams impinging onto the sample at a known angle. The velocity estimation is independent of the exact direction of the velocity vector in the detection plane. Evaluation measurements were performed on a rotating disc driven at well defined velocities and tilted by various small angles around to /2. Our results indicate a high correlation between pre-set and estimated velocities and the independency of these velocities from the tilting angle of the ...
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  Mentions: Christoph K. Hitzenberger Rainer A. Leitgeb Michael Pircher
23. Bidirectional Doppler Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography for measurement of absolute flow velocities in human retinal vessels
  
  Explore opticsinfobase.org Dec 5 2008 Ophthalmology
  
  We describe a bidirectional color Doppler Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography system capable of measuring absolute velocities of moving scatterers by illuminating the sample with two linearly and orthogonally polarized beams, incident at a known angle on the sample. The velocity calculation is independent of the exact orientation of the velocity vector in the detection plane. First measurements were performed on a rotating disk driven at well-defined velocities and tilted by various small angles. Our results indicate a high correlation between preset and calculated velocities (correlation coefficient 0.999) and the independency of these velocities from the tilting angle of the ...
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  Mentions: Christoph K. Hitzenberger Rainer A. Leitgeb Michael Pircher
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