Correspondence between retinal reflectometry and a flicker-based technique in the measurement of macular pigment spatial profiles

Rob L P Van Der Veen; Tos T J M Berendschot; Maria Makridaki; Fred Hendrikse; David Carden; Ian J. Murray

doi:10.1117/1.3275481

Correspondence between retinal reflectometry and a flicker-based technique in the measurement of macular pigment spatial profiles

Rob L P Van Der Veen, Tos T J M Berendschot, Maria Makridaki, Fred Hendrikse, David Carden, Ian J. Murray

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A comparison of macular pigment optical density (MPOD) spatial profiles determined by an optical and a psychophysical technique is presented. We measured the right eyes of 19 healthy individuals, using fundus reflectometry at 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 deg eccentricity; and heterochromatic flicker photometry (HFP) at 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 deg, and a reference point at 8 deg eccentricity. We found a strong correlation between the two techniques. However, the absolute estimates obtained by fundus reflectometry data were higher than by HFP. These differences could partly be explained by the fact that at 8 deg eccentricity the MPOD is not zero, as assumed in HFP. Furthermore, when performing HFP for eccentricities of

Original language	English
Article number	064046
Journal	Journal of Biomedical Optics
Volume	14
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3275481
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

Fundus reflectometry
Heterochromatic flicker photometry
Macular pigment
Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy

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Macular pigment measurement in humans: a new instrument, the Macular Pigment Screener (MPS)
Murray, I. (Participant), Carden, D. (Participant), Koh, H. H. (Participant), Feather, J. (Participant) & Makridaki, M. (Participant)
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Correspondence between retinal reflectometry and a flicker-based technique in the measurement of macular pigment spatial profiles

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Macular pigment measurement in humans: a new instrument, the Macular Pigment Screener (MPS)

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