Novel Piezoelectric Deformable Mirror Systems for Retinal Imaging

描述(申请人提供)：SBIR项目旨在开发一种新型紧凑、大行程、低成本的硅微膜可变形镜(SIMM DM)系统，用于眼睛自适应光学(AO)，以提高视网膜成像的分辨率。由于其卓越的性能、高可靠性、低成本和紧凑性，DM系统有望使AO技术真正商业化到传统眼科仪器中，包括眼底相机、共焦扫描激光眼底镜(SLO)和光学相干断层扫描(OCT)系统，并广泛应用于生物医学显微镜和眼科研究的实验室工具。 公共卫生相关性：为了最大限度地提高单个视网膜细胞的空间分辨率，并提高眼睛在监督下的视觉表现，矫正眼睛的像差以使眼睛不受像差的影响是必要的。该项目旨在开发一种新型的大像素行程(高达50-5m)可变形镜，能够在临床人群中实现高达99%的矫正。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): SBIR project aims to develop a novel compact, large stroke, low-cost Silicon MicroMembrane Deformable Mirror (SiMM DM) system to be used in ocular Adaptive Optics (AO) for improving the resolution of retinal imaging. Given its superior performance, high reliability, low cost, and compactness, the DM system holds the promise of enabling true commercialization for AO technology into conventional ophthalmic instruments including fundus camera, confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope (SLO) and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) systems and to be widely used in biomedical microscopes and laboratory tools for eye research. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: In order to maximize spatial resolution to a micro scale of single retinal cells and to improve visual performance of the eye to supervision, correction of the ocular aberrations to make the eye free of aberration is necessary. The project aims to develop a novel large pixel-stroke (up to 50- 5m) deformable mirror capable of achieving up to 99% correction in clinical population.