Peripapillary Rat Sclera Investigated In Vivo With Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography [Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging]

Conclusions.
Polarization-sensitive OCT enables quantitative imaging of tissue polarization properties in addition to conventional OCT imaging based on reflectivity. In the rat sclera, in vivo PS-OCT provides access to volumetric mapping of birefringence. Scleral birefringence is associated with microstructural tissue organization. Therefore, PS-OCT should prove a valuable tool for the in vivo investigation of peripapillary sclera in glaucoma.

Source: Investigative Ophthalmology - November 26, 2014 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Baumann, B., Rauscher, S., Glosmann, M., Gotzinger, E., Pircher, M., Fialova, S., Groger, M., Hitzenberger, C. K. Tags: Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Source Type: research