Depolarization properties of the normal human fovea measured by the GDx-MM

Wai-Sze T. Lam; Russell A. Chipman; Karen M. Twietmeyer; Yanming Zhou; Kurt R. Denninghoff; A. E. Elsner; S. A. Burns

doi:10.1117/12.828480

11 August 2009 Depolarization properties of the normal human fovea measured by the GDx-MM

Wai-Sze T. Lam, Russell A. Chipman, Karen M. Twietmeyer, Yanming Zhou, Kurt R. Denninghoff, A. E. Elsner, S. A. Burns

Proceedings Volume 7461, Polarization Science and Remote Sensing IV; 74610D (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.828480
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A custom imaging Mueller matrix retinal polarimeter (the GDx-MM) is built. Mueller matrix images of normal human fovea were acquired with the GDx-MM over a 9° field at 780nm and have been analyzed for depolarization index and the variation of degree of polarization with incident polarization state. The degree of polarization (DoP) was often above 50% and varied in complex ways as a function of the incident polarization states. The depolarization properties around the macula loosely correlated with the retardance image. High spatial frequency depolarizing structures were evident throughout the fovea.

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Wai-Sze T. Lam, Russell A. Chipman, Karen M. Twietmeyer, Yanming Zhou, Kurt R. Denninghoff, A. E. Elsner, and S. A. Burns "Depolarization properties of the normal human fovea measured by the GDx-MM", Proc. SPIE 7461, Polarization Science and Remote Sensing IV, 74610D (11 August 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.828480

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