研究目的
To present the concept and research progress of using visible-light optical coherence tomography-based simultaneous multimodal retinal imaging to compensate signal attenuation by pre-RPE media and the influence of parameters of the acquisition system for accurate measurement of FAF intensities.
研究成果
The simultaneous VIS-OCT–FAF technology is capable of measuring the absolute and true intensities of FAF. This new technology will be a clinical tool to provide information that was previously inaccessible to ophthalmologists for better patient care.
研究不足
The technology needs to be further refined and optimized. For example, there is a compensation/scaling factor in the calculated qAF/qOCT in relation to the concentration of the fluorophore in the simulated retinal RPE, or RPE lipofuscin in the eye in vivo. This compensation/scaling factor may be related to the optics of the imaging system and the geometric parameters of the eye, such as the pupil size.