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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 10.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Vis Sci. 2015 Oct 14;1:19–50. doi: 10.1146/annurev-vision-082114-035357

Figure 6.

Figure 6

(A) Confocal AOSLO image of the RPE mosaic at a location 3 deg inferior to the fovea in a patient with autosomal dominant RP. The lack of overlying visible or functional photoreceptors in this region allowed the RPE cells to be seen. (B) from (Morgan et al 2009) AOSLO fundus autofluorescence image of a healthy human retina. By resolving the FAF signal, the mosaic of RPE cells is readily visible. The dark shadows in this panel are shadows cast by the overlying blood vessels. The FAF uses short wavelength light in both directions, which is especially susceptible to absorption by the overlying blood vessels (see Sec 5.1 for more discussion). (C) from (Scoles et al 2013) Dark field AOSLO image of a foveal RPE mosaic in a healthy human retina. The same location imaged in confocal AOSLO mode shows a complete mosaic of photoreceptors. Scale bar is 0.5 deg.