高分辨率开环液晶自适应光学视网膜成像系统

利用液晶空间光调制器和夏克-哈特曼波前探测器作为核心器件搭建了一套开环双光源液晶自适应光学视网膜成像系统。系统采用人眼屈光0D基准设计并使用动态视标定位人眼,提高了人眼在测试时的稳定性,有效降低了由不同人眼个体差异带来的影响。通过补偿镜预补偿,配合微调照明光焦面,使照明光聚焦在眼底视觉细胞层,保证了像差探测精度和成像质量。利用人眼的偏振特性,采用偏振光照明的方式,将系统的能量利用率提高了20%。优化了系统的工作流程,优化后系统连续工作频率可超过20Hz。对4名志愿者进行了实验,均获得了清晰的眼底视网膜细胞图像。     

用于活体人眼视网膜观察的自适应光学成像系统

利用自适应光学技术,研制了两套活体人眼视网膜高分辨力成像系统,在实时校正人眼波前误差的基础上,实现活体人眼视网膜细胞尺度的高分辨力成像。这两套系统分别采用19和37单元小型压电变形反射镜作为波前校正元件,哈特曼-夏克(Hartmann-Shack)波前传感器测量波前误差,用眼底反射的半导体激光作为波前探测的信标。在用计算机控制自适应光学系统实现人眼波前误差校正后,触发闪光灯照明视网膜,用CCD相机记录视网膜的高分辨力图像。校正后的残余波前误差的均方根值已分别小于1／6和1／10波长,相当于视网膜上成像分辨力分别为3．4μm和2．6μm,接近衍射极限。试验表明37单元系统的成像质量更好。     

可诱导人眼自动调焦的眼底相机光学系统设计

基于自适应光学设计了一款可诱导人眼自动调焦的眼底相机,包括视度调节系统、照明系统和自适应成像系统。在视度调节系统中,通过设置视标诱导人眼自动调焦,校正人眼初级像差,将人眼残余像差控制在自适应成像系统的校正范围内。在照明系统中,采用轴锥镜组产生环形光照明人眼,消除人眼角膜的强反射光,通过调节轴锥镜之间的距离使环形光束内径连续变化以适应不同的人眼。在自适应成像系统中,使用哈特曼-夏克波前传感器作为波前探测器,使用变形镜作为波前校正器,校正人眼的高阶像差。仿真结果表明,眼底照明均匀度可达95%,自适应成像系统在截止频率76lp/mm处,各视场调制传递函数(MTF)值均大于0.36。系统畸变小于1%,能够对在-6 D~+8 D(D表示屈光度数)之间的人眼眼底清晰成像。     

高频采样下人眼波像差特性研究

为提高自适应光学人眼波像差校正和视网膜成像效果,研究了人眼动态波像差的特性。利用采样频率为300Hz、曝光时间为3ms的哈特曼传感器,搭建波像差探测系统。误差分析和模拟人眼实验表明,该系统对动态波像差的测量误差均方根(RMS)均值仅为0.01λ。人眼波像差探测结果表明,人眼存在150Hz以上的波像差,可能对自适应波像差校正造成影响。这种影响可通过延长探测和成像曝光时间的方法来抑制。为了达到衍射极限,对于稳定盯视状态下的人眼,3ms探测曝光、探测校正周期不超过45ms的自适应系统,其校正残差均方根在λ/14以下;当曝光时间增加到6ms时,该周期可放宽至62ms。研究了倾斜像差的波动对成像的影响,确定了高分辨率人眼眼底成像中,成像曝光时间最长不能超过9ms。上述结果表明,将自适应光学视网膜成像的探测曝光与成像曝光时间均定在6ms左右,可获得更好的校正和成像效果。     

开环双脉冲液晶自适应光学视网膜成像系统

为了获得高分辨率视网膜图像,利用液晶空间光调制器作为波前校正器建立了一套开环液晶自适应光学视网膜成像系统。与闭环模式相比,采用开环模式后,系统的能量利用率提高了1倍。系统采用双脉冲照明方式,以减少人眼曝光量,保护人眼安全。在照明光学系统中加入了大小视场切换装置使成像视场由之前的0.8°增至1.7°。同时优化了系统的时序控制流程,对人眼像差连续校正的同时快速调节成像相机的前后位置至最佳像面。对于开环模式对动态人眼像差的校正精度进行了测量,实验测得,经开环校正后,残差波面的均方根值约为0.09λ;相应的斯特雷尔(Strehl)比高于0.70,系统分辨率接近光学衍射极限的分辨率。对两名志愿者进行了实验,获得了清晰的眼底视网膜细胞图像。     

液晶自适应光学视网膜校正成像技术研究

为了实现对人眼视网膜的高分辨率成像,解决偏振能量损失、成像视场小和普适性差等问题,对液晶自适应光学技术及其在人眼视网膜成像中的应用进行了研究。通过开环光路的设计方案,避免了闭环液晶自适应系统的偏振光能量损失;在光路中加入可变视场光阑,利用小视场照明进行波前探测、大视场照明进行像差校正和成像的方法扩大了成像视场;使用脉冲光照明的方案减小曝光量;通过偏振光照明提高能量利用率、等效无穷远视标配合补偿镜以及改进后的视标提高盯视稳定性等一系列方法,提高系统普适性。校正后成像的清晰度和对比度获得了明显提高;高分辨率眼底成像视场直径从200μm扩大到500μm;曝光量减小到原来的1/2~1/3;对前期难以获得清晰成像的样本,取得了效果良好的视网膜视觉细胞自适应图像。     

液晶自适应光学视网膜校正成像技术研究

为了实现对人眼视网膜的高分辨率成像,解决偏振能量损失、成像视场小和普适性差等问题,对液晶自适应光学技术及其在人眼视网膜成像中的应用进行了研究。通过开环光路的设计方案,避免了闭环液晶自适应系统的偏振光能量损失;在光路中加入可变视场光阑,利用小视场照明进行波前探测、大视场照明进行像差校正和成像的方法扩大了成像视场;使用脉冲光照明的方案减小曝光量;通过偏振光照明提高能量利用率、等效无穷远视标配合补偿镜以及改进后的视标提高盯视稳定性等一系列方法,提高系统普适性。校正后成像的清晰度和对比度获得了明显提高;高分辨率眼底成像视场直径从200 μm扩大到500 μm;曝光量减小到原来的1/2~1/3;对前期难以获得清晰成像的样本,取得了效果良好的视网膜视觉细胞自适应图像。     

高帧频紧凑型自适应光学扫描激光检眼镜

基于自适应光学(AO)像差校正技术的激光共聚焦扫描检眼镜是当前研究的热点,为眼底疾病早期诊断提供有力的支持。利用可连续变形镜和夏克-哈特曼探测器为核心器件搭建了一套高帧频紧凑型自适应光学扫描激光检眼镜(AOSLO)系统,系统物理尺寸为350 mm×400 mm,图像采集帧频为40 fps,分别进行了系统分辨率测试与人眼视网膜成像初步实验。结果表明,系统人眼视网膜面上的分辨率可达到2.50μm,达到极限分辨率(2.32μm),可实现细胞量级高分辨率成像,自适应光学系统能够校正人眼像差,校正前后图像质量有明显的提高,能清楚地观察到人眼视网膜视盘附近的血管以及黄斑区细胞图像。     

人眼视网膜成像自适应光学系统的初步试验和改进

搭建了一套基于液晶空间光调制器的人眼视网膜成像自适应光学系统,进行了活体人眼视网膜的初步实验.经过系统闭环校正,PV值和RMS值分别从2.293λ降低到0.176 553λ,从0.55129λ降低到0.105 11λ,接近衍射极限的水平.获得了较为清晰的人眼视网膜细胞图像,验证了液晶空间光调制器在人眼视网膜高分辨率自适应成像中应用的可行性,并针对试验中的遇到的激光散斑以及照明控制等问题,对原系统提出了一些改进设计.     

人眼视网膜成像自适应光学系统设计

设计一套基于液晶空间光调制器的人眼视网膜成像自适应光学系统,以获得高分辨率视网膜图像,并且使该系统实现体积小,功耗低,成本低等优点.采用夏克-哈特曼探测器和基于硅基板上的液晶器件分别作为波前探测器和波前校正器.系统采用双对准光源以主观方式来使人眼对准,近红外光探测成像以减小对人眼的刺激.使人眼对有限距离对焦,以减小离焦对成像的影响,使该系统既可用于正常眼,又可用于近视眼.用ZEMAX软件对系统进行了模拟分析,认为该系统可获得高于3 μm的视网膜分辨率,该系统设计是合理可行的.     

Capability of a Liquid-Crystal Adaptive Optics System Based on Feedback Interferometry for Retinal Imaging

A modified arrangement of the adaptive optical retinal imaging system that we described previously is proposed to reduce the intensity loss in the system, so that it works properly even when the intensity of light incident on the eye is very weak. Experiments to verify the system performance were conducted using a conventional artificial eye with a specular reflector as a model retina. We observed that an image of a test target (mimicking a retina) blurred by an aberration plate (mimicking the ocular aberrations) was successfully restored in the adaptive optics fashion even when the intensity of the incident light probing the aberration of the eye became about 1.5% of that required in the previous system. Effect of a more realistic artificial eye with a scattering object as a model retina was also examined experimentally. We found that not only the ocular aberrations, but also the retinal scattering cause the wave-front deformations and that our adaptive optics system compensates for both of them simultaneously.     

Retina imaging system with adaptive optics for the eye with or without myopia

An adaptive optics system for the retina imaging is introduced in the paper. It can be applied to the eye with myopia from 0 to 6 diopters without any adjustment of the system. A high-resolution liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) device is used as the wave-front corrector. The aberration is detected by a Shack-Harmann wave-front sensor (HASO) that has a Root Mean Square (RMS) measurement accuracy of λ/100 (λ = 0.633 μm). And an equivalent scale model eye is constructed with a short focal length lens (∼18 mm) and a diffuse reflection object (paper screen) as the retina. By changing the distance between the paper screen and the lens, we simulate the eye with larger diopters than 5 and the depth of field. The RMS value both before and after correction is obtained by the wave-front sensor. After correction, the system reaches the diffraction-limited resolution approximately 230 cycles/mm at the object space. It is proved that if the myopia is smaller than 6 diopters and the depth of field is between −40 and +50 mm, the system can correct the aberration very well.     

Simulated human eye retina adaptive optics imaging system based on a liquid crystal on silicon device

In order to obtain a clear image of the retina of model eye, an adaptive optics system used to correct the wave-front error is introduced in this paper. The spatial light modulator that we use here is a liquid crystal on a silicon device instead of a conversional deformable mirror. A paper with carbon granule is used to simulate the retina of human eye. The pupil size of the model eye is adjustable (3--7mm). A Shack-Hartman wave-front sensor is used to detect the wave-front aberration. With this construction, a value of peak-to-valley is achieved to be 0.086Λ, where Λ is wavelength. The modulation transfer functions before and after corrections are compared. And the resolution of this system after correction (69lp/m) is very close to the diffraction limit resolution. The carbon granule on the white paper which has a size of 4.7μm is seen clearly. The size of the retina cell is between 4 and 10μm. So this system has an ability to image the human eye's retina.     

Measurements of retinal aerial image modulation (AIM) for white light based on wave-front aberration of human eye

The aerial image modulation (AIM) curve of retina under the condition of white light is obtained based on the wave-front aberration of human eye. According to the relationship between the wavelength and defocus, we modify the monochromatic wave-front aberration data to calculate the modulation transfer function (MTF) of human eye in the white-light illumination. Combined with the measurement of contrast sensitivity function (CSF) for complete eye and visual acuity (VA) under the same luminance condition, we deduce the AIM curve in natural light. We find that AIM varies slightly at lower and intermediate spatial frequencies among different eyes; at higher frequencies AIM is the predominant factor for VA when the wave-front aberration is not significant. In addition, retinal AIM is expressed in terms of neural contrast sensitivity function (NCSF) which is the clinical valuable for ophthalmologists. Considering the real illumination circumstance, it is of practical significance to obtain the AIM curve and NCSF curve under white-light condition.     

基于波前像差的视网膜空间像调制度测定

提出了一种计算复色光下人眼视网膜空间像调制度的方法.利用Hartmann-Shack波前传感器测量的波前像差数据，求得眼睛光学系统的调制传递函数；利用CSV-1000测试仪和VAF-1000视锐度测试仪分别测量同一只眼睛的全眼对比敏感度函数以及视锐度，由调制传递函数、对比敏感度函数以及视锐度之间的关联获得复色光下人眼视网膜空间像调制度曲线.结果表明：视网膜空间像调制度曲线与眼光学系统的调制传递函数无关，并且正常人眼（无视网膜疾病）的视网膜空间像调制度值相近.因此多眼的空间像调制度曲线的统计平均值可以作为标准，用来评判人眼视网膜及视神经疾病.     

Information fusion method for ocular aberrations measurement based on subjective visual compensation

The human eye is an imperfect refractive system which not only has defocus and astigmatism, but also has spherical aberration, coma and anomalistic high-order aberrations, all of which have certain influence on the imaging quality of retina. What's worse, aberration is further enlarged as a result of mydriasis in dark field and weak light, thus making the vision performance of human eyes far below diffraction limitation. Further research revealed that human eye visual imaging is not only connected with refractive system, but also is closely related to the subjective judgment of human brain and the process of neural system. In order to overcome the deficiencies, wave-front aberration measurement method and system that has subjective visual compensation is proposed and conducted in combination with objective measurement, which ensures more accurate and realistic measuring results. The experimental data revealed that wave-front aberration obtained from subjective visual compensation measuring method is smaller than objective measurement, which is the result of subjects’ adaptive correction when watching sighting targets. In addition, when subjects are watching different sighting targets, the fluctuation value of wavefront aberration is small. Therefore, it is concluded that subjective visual compensation measuring method contributes to aberration measuring improvement and obtains results match with the realistic state by taking into consideration the actual condition of human eyes when watching targets. Hopefully, these discoveries will be of positive and beneficial value to the determination of human eye aberration treatment.     

Single-pass measurements of the wave-front aberrations of the human eye by use of retinal lipofuscin autofluorescence

We describe a technique for making single-pass measurements of the wave-front aberration of the eye. The technique utilizes the natural fluorescence of the retina that is produced by lipofuscin to form an incoherent pointlike source for conventional Shack-Hartmann sensing.     

High-resolution retinal images obtained by deconvolution from wave-front sensing

A new concept for high-resolution ophthalmoscopy is presented. The method is an alternative to the use of adaptive optics. It is based in deconvolving a retinal image from simultaneously acquired multiple ocular wave-front aberration and aberration-distorted fundus images. A computer simulation of the procedure using actual ocular wave-front aberration data that shows the validity of the method is first presented. Experimental results obtained from an artificial eye serve both to probe the method in a situation similar to the real eye and to introduce the required preprocessing of the retinal images. Finally, results from a real human retina are presented, and the potential of the technique is discussed.     

Eye models for the prediction of contrast vision in patients with new intraocular lens designs

Theoretical calculations of the polychromatic modulation transfer function (MTF) and wave-front aberration were performed with physiological eye models. These eye models have an amount of spherical aberration that is representative of a normal population of pseudophakic eyes implanted with two different types of intraocular lens (IOL) made from high-refractive-index silicone. These theoretical calculations were compared with the measured contrast sensitivity function (CSF) under mesopic lighting conditions and with wave-front aberration (obtained with a Hartmann-Shack wave-front sensor) collected from 37 patients bilaterally implanted with the same types of lens. The relationships between the ocular wave-front aberration and the MTF predicted by the eye models and the CSF and the ocular wave-front aberration measured in eyes implanted with IOLs were investigated. The predicted improvements in MTF and wave-front aberration correlated well with the improvements measured in practice. Physiological eye models are therefore useful tools for IOL design.     

Closed-loop adaptive optics in the human eye

We have developed a prototype apparatus for real-time closed-loop measurement and correction of aberrations in the human eye. The apparatus uses infrared light to measure the wave-front aberration at 25 Hz with a Hartmann-Shack sensor. Defocus is removed by a motorized optometer, and higher-order aberrations are corrected by a membrane deformable mirror. The device was first tested with an artificial eye. Correction of static aberrations takes approximately five iterations, making the system capable of following aberration changes at 5 Hz. This capability allows one to track most of the aberration dynamics in the eye. Results in living eyes showed effective closed-loop correction of aberrations, with a residual uncorrected wave front of 0.1microm for a 4.3-mm pupil diameter. Retinal images of a point source in different subjects with and without adaptive correction of aberrations were estimated in real time. The results demonstrate real-time closed-loop correction of aberration in the living eye. An application of this device is as electro-optic "spectacles" to improve vision.