Measurement and correction of transverse chromatic offsets for multi-wavelength retinal microscopy in the living eye |
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| Authors: | Wolf M Harmening Pavan Tiruveedhula Austin Roorda Lawrence C Sincich |
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| Institution: | 1University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA;2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Vision Sciences, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA |
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| Abstract: | A special challenge arises when pursuing multi-wavelength imaging of retinal tissue in vivo, because the eye’s optics must be used as the main focusing elements, and they introduce significant chromatic dispersion. Here we present an image-based method to measure and correct for the eye’s transverse chromatic aberrations rapidly, non-invasively, and with high precision. We validate the technique against hyperacute psychophysical performance and the standard chromatic human eye model. In vivo correction of chromatic dispersion will enable confocal multi-wavelength images of the living retina to be aligned, and allow targeted chromatic stimulation of the photoreceptor mosaic to be performed accurately with sub-cellular resolution.OCIS codes: (110.1080) Active or adaptive optics, (130.2035) Dispersion compensation devices, (170.5810) Scanning microscopy, (330.5510) Psychophysics, (330.7327) Visual optics, ophthalmic instrumentation |
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