Dr. Jennifer J. Hunter Profile

Dr. Jennifer J. Hunter

at Univ of Rochester

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SPIE Journal Paper | 3 July 2024 Open Access

Multispectral label-free in vivo cellular imaging of human retinal pigment epithelium using adaptive optics fluorescence lifetime ophthalmoscopy improves feasibility for low emission analysis and increases sensitivity for detecting changes with age and eccentricity

Karteek Kunala, Janet Hrdina Tang, Keith Parkins, Jennifer Hunter

JBO, Vol. 29, Issue S2, S22707, (July 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JBO.29.S2.S22707

KEYWORDS: In vivo imaging, Fluorescence, Image segmentation, Retinal scanning, Histograms, Fluorescence intensity, Biomedical optics, Photons, Diseases and disorders, Autofluorescence

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SignificanceAdaptive optics fluorescence lifetime ophthalmoscopy (AOFLIO) provides a label-free approach to observe functional and molecular changes at cellular scale in vivo. Adding multispectral capabilities improves interpretation of lifetime fluctuations due to individual fluorophores in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).AimTo quantify the cellular-scale changes in autofluorescence with age and eccentricity due to variations in lipofuscin, melanin, and melanolipofuscin in RPE using multispectral AOFLIO.ApproachAOFLIO was performed on six subjects at seven eccentricities. Four imaging channels (λex/λem) were used: 473/SSC, 473/LSC, 532/LSC, and 765/NIR. Cells were segmented and the timing signals of each pixel in a cell were combined into a single histogram, which were then used to compute the lifetime and phasor parameters. An ANOVA was performed to investigate eccentricity and spectral effects on each parameter.ResultsA repeatability analysis revealed <11.8% change in lifetime parameters in repeat visits for 532/LSC. The 765/NIR and 532/LSC had eccentricity and age effects similar to previous reports. The 473/LSC had a change in eccentricity with mean lifetime and a phasor component. Both the 473/LSC and 473/SSC had changes in eccentricity in the short lifetime component and its relative contribution. The 473/SSC had no trend in eccentricity in phasor. The comparison across the four channels showed differences in lifetime and phasor parameters.ConclusionsMultispectral AOFLIO can provide a more comprehensive picture of changes with age and eccentricity. These results indicate that cell segmentation has the potential to allow investigations in low-photon scenarios such as in older or diseased subjects with the co-capture of an NIR channel (such as 765/NIR) with the desired spectral channel. This work represents the first multispectral, cellular-scale fluorescence lifetime comparison in vivo in the human RPE and may be a useful method for tracking diseases.

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2017 Paper

Photonics professionals and the new grade 8 optics curriculum

Jennifer Hunter

Proceedings Volume 10313, 1031356 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2283982

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2017 Paper

Optical model of the human eye and its applications

Jennifer Hunter

Proceedings Volume 10313, 103133B (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2283915

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2016 Presentation + Paper

Action spectrum for photochemical retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) disruption in an in vivo monkey model

Jie Zhang, Ranjani Sabarinathan, Tracy Bubel, David Williams, Jennifer Hunter

Proceedings Volume 9706, 97061I (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2213615

KEYWORDS: In vivo imaging, Retina, Adaptive optics, Standards development, Safety, Atrial fibrillation, Optical testing, Visible radiation, Luminescence, Retinal scanning, Eye, Laser damage threshold

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Proceedings Article | 14 October 2005 Paper

Enhanced confocal microscopy and ophthalmoscopy with polarization imaging

Melanie Campbell, Juan Bueno, Christopher Cookson, Qingyuan Liang, Marsha Kisilak, Jennifer Hunter

Proceedings Volume 5969, 59692H (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.630048

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Eye, Confocal microscopy, Image quality, Microscopes, Polarimetry, Tissues, Image resolution, Ophthalmoscopy, Biomedical optics

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