Researchers from the Medical University of Vienna (MedUni Vienna) have developed a new optical coherence tomography (OCT) technology that offers a simpler way to look into the cellular processes of the eye and the potential for more accurate diagnosis.
The new technology called Line Field OCT (LF-OCT) reportedly uses linear illumination that allows for very rapid frame rates. Functioning similar to a scanner, strips of light reportedly "scan" the eye and produce images. According to researchers, this makes it possible to resolve individual photoreceptors, capillary blood vessels and individual nerve fibers in the same image. Images can also reportedly be refocused, realigned and digitally processed for the best possible results for diagnostic purposes. And digital corrections can reportedly be made without the need for hardware-based adaptive lenses.
The research was recently published in the journal Optica.
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Source: Medical University of Vienna