Journal article
Visual stimulus-induced changes in human near-infrared fundus reflectance
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, Vol.47(2), pp.715-721
02/2006
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0008
PMCID: PMC1473026
PMID: 16431972
Abstract
Imaging studies from anesthetized feline, primate, and human retinas have revealed near-infrared fundus reflectance changes induced by visible light stimulation. In the present study, the spatial and temporal properties of similar changes were characterized in normal, awake humans. Five normal human subjects were studied. A modified fundus camera was used to image changes in retinal reflectance of 780-nm near-infrared light imaged onto a 12-bit charge-coupled device (CCD) camera in response to a green (540 nm) visual stimulus. During 60 seconds of recording (frame rate, 3 Hz) 10 cycles were recorded, during each of which 3 seconds of blank and then 3 seconds of either vertical bar or blank stimulus was projected. The change in the average near-infrared reflectance of the stimulated retinal region relative to an equal-sized nonstimulated region (r is the ratio of reflectance between the two retinal areas) was analyzed with a mixed model for repeated measures. The mixed model showed a significant average decrease in r of 0.14% (95% CI, -0.25 to -0.03) over all subjects induced by bar stimulus cycles, with a gradual return to baseline after stimulus offset, compared with only a 0.04% (95% CI, -0.11-+0.20) decrease in r induced by blank, nonstimulated cycles. The mixed model for individuals showed a decreasing linear trend in r over time during bar stimulation, but no decrease for blank cycles in three of five subjects. There was a localized decrease in reflectance in response to 780-nm near-infrared light in the retinal region exposed to a visual stimulus, which was significant in three of five subjects. It is presumed that the reflectance change represents the functional activity of the retina in response to a visual stimulus.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Visual stimulus-induced changes in human near-infrared fundus reflectance
- Creators
- Michael D Abràmoff - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. michael-abramhoff@uiowa.eduYoung H KwonDan Ts'oPeter SolizBridget ZimmermanJoel PokornyRandy Kardon
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, Vol.47(2), pp.715-721
- DOI
- 10.1167/iovs.05-0008
- PMID
- 16431972
- PMCID
- PMC1473026
- NLM abbreviation
- Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
- ISSN
- 0146-0404
- eISSN
- 1552-5783
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- R01 EY000901 / NEI NIH HHS R01 EY017066 / NEI NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2006
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biostatistics; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983806387602771
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