EVALUATION OF BLOOD-FLOW AT OCULAR FUNDUS BY USING LASER SPECKLE

被引:48
作者
AIZU, Y
OGINO, K
SUGITA, T
YAMAMOTO, T
TAKAI, N
ASAKURA, T
机构
[1] HOKKAIDO UNIV,APPL ELECTR RES INST,SAPPORO,HOKKAIDO 060,JAPAN
[2] KOWA RES INST,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
[3] HOKKAI GAKUEN UNIV,DEPT ELECTR & INFORMAT ENGN,SAPPORO,HOKKAIDO 064,JAPAN
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1992年 / 31卷 / 16期
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D O I
10.1364/AO.31.003020
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report a method for noninvasively evaluating blood flow at the ocular fundus by using laser speckle phenomena. The intensity fluctuation of speckles scattered from a 1-mm-diameter illuminated area at the fundus is detected and analyzed by the photon-correlation technique, which gives us the relative degree of total blood flows within the probe area. The method is used to evaluate blood flows at the ocular fundus of a rabbit and normal human volunteers. The experimental results show that the present laser speckle method is useful for the relative evaluation of blood flows in the ocular fundus tissue.
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页码:3020 / 3029
页数:10
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