Imaging the retinal-pigment epithelium Bruch membrane's complex for diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases

Barry Cense; Hadi Afsharan; Girish Dwivedi

doi:10.1117/12.3002455

13 March 2024 Imaging the retinal-pigment epithelium Bruch membrane's complex for diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases

Barry Cense, Hadi Afsharan, Girish Dwivedi

Proceedings Volume 12819, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Light in Cardiology 2024; 128190J (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002455
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2024, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

A low degree of polarization uniformity (DOPU) and high double pass phase retardation (DPPR) values below the retinal-pigment epithelium – Bruch membrane’s (RPE-BM) complex in the human retina have been associated with the presence of melanin. Our polarimetry measurements (Cense et al, JBP, 2018) found no correlation between melanin and lower DOPU, because all young subjects had high DOPU values, but saw decreased DOPU in a subset of older subjects, who also have melanin. We hypothesize that this signal is not induced by melanin, but by a substance related to hypertension. Our measurements demonstrated a strong correlation between hypertensives and high DPPR values induced by the RPE-BM complex, suggesting that the induced retardance is the result of physiological changes associated with hypertension. This signal may be useful as a biomarker for screening of cardiovascular diseases.

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Barry Cense, Hadi Afsharan, and Girish Dwivedi "Imaging the retinal-pigment epithelium Bruch membrane's complex for diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases", Proc. SPIE 12819, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Light in Cardiology 2024, 128190J (13 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002455

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Cardiovascular disorders

Retinal diseases

Retinal scanning

Angiography

Head

Independent component analysis

Optic nerve

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