Assessment of iris pigment epithelium depolarization and associated factors using polarization-sensitive anterior segment optical coherence tomography

• Published in: International ophthalmology Vol. 45; no. 1; p. 122
• Main Authors: Li, Xiaoling, Higashita, Risa, Hu, Lingxi, Yang, Bing, Xiao, Zunjie, Yamanari, Masahiro, Liu, Jiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 25.03.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Aged; Anterior chamber; Anterior Eye Segment - diagnostic imaging; Biometrics; Biometry; Cornea; Correlation; Demographics; Demography; Depolarization; Entropy; Epithelium; Eye; Eye (anatomy); Female; Fractions; Healthy Volunteers; Height; Humans; Image processing; Iris; Iris - diagnostic imaging; Male; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Melanin; Middle Aged; Ophthalmology; Optical Coherence Tomography; Original Paper; Parameter identification; Pigment Epithelium of Eye - diagnostic imaging; Pigments; Polarization; Segments; Thickness; Tomography; Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods; Young Adult; Iris; Normal subjects; Polarimetric imaging; Optical coherence tomography; Pigment epithelium of eye; Anterior segment

Purpose To assess the distribution of depolarization and its association with demographic and ocular biometric factors, we used polarization-sensitive anterior segment optical coherence tomography (PS-AS-OCT), to investigate the characteristics of the iris pigment epithelium (IPE) in healthy eyes. M...