Novel OCT scan patterns and image processing

Doheny Vision Research Center

1355 San Pablo St.

Los Angeles, CA 90033

Phone Number: (323)442-6738

Principal Investigator: Ou Tan, Ph.D.

Email: otan@doheny.org

Dr. Ou Tan is an Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (www.usc.edu). He joined the faculty at Doheny Eye Institute (www.doheny.org) in September 2004. Dr. Tan earned his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2000. He completed his post-doctoral research at National Institute of Radiology Science, Chiba, Japan, in 2002. He acted as a research associate in Cleveland Clinic Foundation from 2002 to 2004. His research of interest includes medical image analysis and computer aided diagnosis in glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and age related macular degeneration with optical coherence tomography. He has developed scanning patterns to improve mapping of the macular regions and optic disc. He has developed automatic image processing algorithms to measure the thickness of the macular ganglion cell complex (nerve fiber, ganglion cell, and inner nuclear layer), thickness of peripapillary nerve fiber layer and total retinal blood flow. More information can be viewed on the website for the Center for Ophthalmic Optics and Lasers (www.COOLLab.net) at USC.

Dr. Yimin Wang is an Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (www.usc.edu). He joined the faculty at Doheny Eye Institute (www.doheny.org) in June, 2006. Dr. Wang earned his PhD degree on optics in 1998 from Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, China. He completed his postdoctoral fellowships at the University of California, Irvine and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University. His research of interest includes ophthalmic imaging, optics and biomedical imaging. His current project is retinal blood flow measurement for glaucoma study using Doppler OCT. More information can be viewed on the website for the Center for Ophthalmic Optics and Lasers (www.COOLLab.net) at USC.