Advances in Holographic Optical Coherence Tomography Receive Heidelberg Engineering Xtreme Research Award 2023

Dr. Hendrik Spahr and Dr. Dierck Hillmann are being honored as winners of the 2023 Heidelberg Engineering Xtreme Research Award for their research on holographic optical coherence tomography (HOLO-OCT) and their ongoing effort to transfer this technology into clinical applications.

Research team from the University of Lübeck is being recognized for elevating retinal imaging to a new level.

Heidelberg, Germany – Dr. Hendrik Spahr and Dr. Dierck Hillmann are being honored as winners of the 2023 Heidelberg Engineering Xtreme Research Award for their research on holographic optical coherence tomography (HOLO-OCT) and their ongoing effort to transfer this technology into clinical applications.

L-R Dr. Hendrik Spahr, Faculty of Science, Biophotonics and Medical Imaging, Universität zu Lübeck, and Dr. Dierck Hillmann, Faculty of Science, Biophotonics and Medical Imaging, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Linkage of photoreceptors and ganglion cells can be measured

© Optics Letters: Clara Pfäffle, Hendrik Spahr et al, “Simultaneous functional imaging of neuronal and photoreceptor layers in living human retina,” Opt. Lett. 44(23), 5671-5674 (2019)

Intrinsic optical signal (IOS) patterns for different positions in the retina. Top row: in 3 mm superior temporal; center row: in 1.3 mm superior temporal; and bottom row: in 0.9 mm temporal from the fovea, as marked in the fundus image (right column). (a) Observed IOS patterns in the OSL and (b) in the GCL. Each pattern was outlined manually. (c) Corresponding edge points in the different layers were linked to generate the connection map (d). An SLO image (Spectralis, Heidelberg Engineering) of the subject is laid underneath. The white and black circles mark 0.8 mm and 3.4 mm from the center of the macula, respectively.