Abstract

We demonstrate the feasibility of a multimodal adaptive optics flood-illumination ophthalmoscope, able to provide both bright-field and dark-field images (such as phase contrast). The multimodality was made possible by integrating a digital micromirror device (DMD) at the illumination path to project a sequence of complementary high-resolution patterns into the retina. Through a versatile post-processing method that digitally selects backscattered or multiply scattered photons, we were able: (1) to achieve up to four-fold contrast increase of bright-field images when imaging the photoreceptor mosaic and nerve fibers; and (2) to visualize translucent retinal features such as capillaries, red blood cells, vessel walls, ganglion cells, and photoreceptor inner segments through phase contrast.

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