High-resolution imaging of the human retina with a Fourier deconvolution technique.

A high-resolution retinal imaging camera is described that uses a Shack-Hartmann wave-front sensor and a Fourier deconvolution imaging technique. The operation of the camera is discussed in detail and high-resolution retinal images of the human cone mosaic are shown for a retinal patch approximately 10 arc min in diameter from two different retinal locations. The center-to-center cone spacing is shown to be approximately 2.5 microm for the retinal images recorded at 2 degrees temporal from the central fovea and approximately 4 microm for the retinal images recorded at 3 degrees temporal from the central fovea.

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