Photonics 2014, 1(4), 303-322; doi:10.3390/photonics1040303
Infrared Retinoscopy
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Center for Laser Applications, The University of Tennessee Space Institute, 411 B. H. Goethert Parkway, TN 37288, USA
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Wang Vision Institute, 1801 West End Ave, Ste 1150, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Received: 6 September 2014 / Revised: 29 September 2014 / Accepted: 30 September 2014 / Published: 3 October 2014
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optics and Technologies for Ophthalmology and Visual Science)
Abstract
Infrared RetinoscopyRetinoscopy could be a more effective and versatile clinical tool in observing a wide range of ocular conditions if modifications were made to overcome the inherent difficulties. In this paper, a laboratory infrared retinoscope prototype was constructed to capture the digital images of the pupil reflex of various types of eye conditions. The captured low-contrast reflex images due to intraocular scattering were significantly improved with a simple image processing procedure for visualization. Detections of ocular aberrations were demonstrated, and computational models using patients’ wavefront data were built to simulate the measurement for comparison. The simulation results suggest that the retinal stray light that is strongly linked to intraocular scattering extend the detection range of illuminating eccentricity in retinoscopy and make it more likely to observe ocular aberrations. View Full-TextKeywords:
retinoscopy; photorefraction; aberration
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Chen, Y.-L.; Shi, L.; Lewis, J.W.L.; Wang, M. Infrared Retinoscopy. Photonics 2014, 1, 303-322.
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