Purpose: A newly developed high-penetration Doppler optical coherence angiography (HP-OCA) with a 1-μm probe beam for non-invasive investigation of vascular pathology of exudative macular diseases is introduced. A descriptive case series is presented to discuss the clinical utility of HP-OCA. Methods: Eleven eyes of 10 subjects with exudative macular disease, including 2 eyes with myopic choroidal neovascularization (mCNV), 4 eyes with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and 5 eyes with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV), were investigated. Two Doppler scanning modes (bi-directional and high-sensitive) of HP-OCA were used for the investigation. HP-OCA provides depth resolved and en face angiograms and a ...

Retinal and choroidal vascular imaging is a key to the better understanding and diagnosis of eye diseases. To achieve comprehensive three-dimensional capillary imaging, we used an enhanced vascular imaging technique, so called adaptive optics optical coherence angiography (AO-OCA). AO-OCA enables in vivo high-resolution and high-contrast micro-vascular imaging by detecting Doppler frequency shifts. Using this technique, the retinal and choroidal vasculatures of healthy subjects were imaged. The results show that both intensity and Doppler power images have sufficient contrast to discriminate almost all vasculatures from the static tissue. However, the choriocapillaris, pre-arterioles, and post-venules in the Sattler layer were more contrasted ...

Purpose:To evaluate the absolute blood flow rate in a single choroidal vessel using Doppler optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods:Three choroidal vessels were selected in the right eye of three normal subjects, and were measured with Doppler OCT at a 1,020-nm probe wavelength. The pulsatile change of the blood flow was obtained from synchronized measurement of Doppler OCT and plethysmography. Absolute blood flow rates in choroidal vessels were calculated from Doppler OCT volume data. Results:The cyclic change of the blood flow was quantitatively obtained. Absolute blood flow velocities and blood flow rates at peak systole [mean (SD ...

Purpose To investigate a relationship between birefringence and elasticity of porcine sclera ex vivo using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT). Methods Elastic parameters and birefringence of 19 porcine eyes were measured. Four pieces of scleral strips which were parallel to the limbus, with a width of 4 mm, were dissected from the optic nerve head to the temporal side of each porcine eye. Birefringence of the sclera was measured with a prototype PS-OCT. The strain and force were measured with a uniaxial material tester as the sample was stretched with a speed of 1.8 mm/min after preconditioning. A ...

An office based Doppler and polarization sensitive swept-source optical coherence tomography (Doppler-PS-SS-OCT) was developed for diagnosis and evaluation of abnormalities of anterior eye segment in clinic. A healthy eye was measured in vivo by the Doppler PS-OCT. The results showed that the Doppler PS-OCT may have potential to identify blood vessels and discriminate fibrous tissues in abnormalities, such as scarring in bleb, and scleral inflammation.