Abstract
Scanning laser polarimetry (SLP), a technology for glaucoma diagnosis, uses imaging polarimetry to detect the birefringence of the retinal nerve fiber layer. A simple model of SLP suggests an algorithm for calculating birefringence that, unlike previous methods, uses all of the data available in the images to achieve better signal-to-noise ratio and lower sensitivity to depolarization. The uncertainty of the calculated retardance is estimated and an appropriate averaging strategy to reduce uncertainty is demonstrated. Averaging over a large area of the macula of the eye is used in a new method for determining anterior segment birefringence.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1179-1189 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2002 |
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Analytical methods for scanning laser polarimetry. / Knighton, Robert W.; Huang, XiangRun.
In: Optics Express, Vol. 10, No. 21, 01.01.2002, p. 1179-1189.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AB - Scanning laser polarimetry (SLP), a technology for glaucoma diagnosis, uses imaging polarimetry to detect the birefringence of the retinal nerve fiber layer. A simple model of SLP suggests an algorithm for calculating birefringence that, unlike previous methods, uses all of the data available in the images to achieve better signal-to-noise ratio and lower sensitivity to depolarization. The uncertainty of the calculated retardance is estimated and an appropriate averaging strategy to reduce uncertainty is demonstrated. Averaging over a large area of the macula of the eye is used in a new method for determining anterior segment birefringence.
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