Adaptive Optics

Enhanced Wavefront Corrected Ophthalmic Imaging

We aim to develop adaptive optics (AO) algorithms from astronomy in order to substantially improve speed and image quality as well as to increase field of view of state-of-the-art ophthalmic AO imaging systems for retinal imaging.The goal is to characterize the clinical robustness of these novel diagnostic AO systems by in vivo clinical experiments.

Tomography in astronomical applications

In this subproject we consider the improvement of the imaging process of ground based astronomical telescopes by AO systems and the reconstruction of the Interstellar Matter distribution in our galaxy. We focus on the analysis of models and the development of fast and highly accurate methods for the inversion of wavefront sensor data and the reconstruction of the turbulence profile of the atmosphere above ground based telescopes. An extension of the developed methods toward ophthalmic AO imaging is planned.

Research Team

From Subproject: Multi-Modal Imaging

Wolfgang Drexler Principal Investigator
Professor of Medical Physics
Head of Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

Elisabeth Brunner Postdoctoral Researcher

From Subproject: Tomography in Astronomy

Ronny Ramlau Principal Investigator
Professor of Mathematics
Scientific Director of RICAM

Victoria Laidlaw Postdoctoral Researcher

Simon Hubmer Postdoctoral Researcher