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. 2012 Apr 9;20(8):9197-202.
doi: 10.1364/OE.20.009197.

In vivo Brillouin optical microscopy of the human eye

Giuliano Scarcelli  1 , Seok Hyun Yun
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In vivo Brillouin optical microscopy of the human eye

Giuliano Scarcelli et al. Opt Express. .

Abstract

We report the first Brillouin measurement of the human eye in vivo. We constructed a Brillouin optical scanner safe for human use by employing continuous-wave laser light at 780 nm at a low power of 0.7 mW. With a single scan along the optic axis of the eye, the axial profile of Brillouin frequency shift was obtained with a pixel acquisition time of 0.4 s and axial resolution of about 60 μm, showing the depth-dependent biomechanical properties in the cornea and lens.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Schematic of the Brillouin confocal microscope. OI: Optical isolator. ND: Neutral density filter wheel; BS: beam sampler; SMF: single mode fiber.
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Fig. 2
Laser illumination in the Brillouin scanner. By focusing the beam in the transparent tissue of the anterior chamber (cornea, aqueous humor and lens), the beam is diverging and covers a large area when it hits the retina.
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Fig. 3
Representative Brillouin spectra (anti-Stokes peaks) from a human eye. (a) Corneal stroma. (b) Aqueous humor. (c) Lens nucleus. (d) Vitreous humor. Top panels: raw CCD spectra (average of four frames). Bottom panels: corresponding spectra.
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Fig. 4
In vivo Brillouin measurement of a human eye. (a) Depth profile of the crystalline lens. (b) Depth profile of the anterior chamber. The data are an average of four such scans taken ten minutes apart.
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