[visionlist] Upcoming JOSA A Feature on Retinal Imaging

[Joseph Carroll]

JOSA A Feature Announcement
Advances in Retinal Imaging

Submission Deadline: August 1, 2006

A feature issue on Advances in Retinal Imaging is planned for the 
Journal of the Optical Society of America A. Since its formation, the 
Optical Society of America has fostered a symbiotic relationship 
between the vision science and the optics communities. A recent 
application that has especially benefited from this interplay is that 
of retinal imaging. Vision scientists have long been interested in 
imaging the retina in vivo in order to diagnose retinal disease and 
to study basic visual processes, but have been limited by the tools 
available to image the retina. Recent advances in optical 
instrumentation such as adaptive optics ophthalmoscopy, confocal 
scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, and optical coherence tomography, as 
well as advances in the ability to molecularly label different cell 
types in the retina, have made it possible for vision scientists to 
make major advances in the understanding of the normal and the 
diseased retina. The goal of this issue is to highlight the advances 
made possible by the dynamic interplay between the vision science and 
the optics communities, focusing on the instrumentation for, and 
applications of, retinal imaging.

Original articles related to the theme of retinal imaging are invited 
on range of topics including but not limited to the following:

     * New instrumentation for high-resolution retinal imaging (in 
vivo and in vitro)
     * Processing and analysis of retinal images
     * Functional imaging of the retina
     * Retinal imaging in animal models
     * Clinical applications of high-resolution retinal imaging
     * Strategies for visualization of the inner retina (wavelength, 
polarization, fluorescence)

Manuscripts must be prepared according to the usual standards for 
submission to JOSA A; see the Information for Contributors in any 
printed issue or the OSA Style Guide 
(http://josaa.osa.org/submit/style/jrnls_style.cfm).

Manuscripts must also be uploaded through OSA's electronic submission 
system, located in the JOSA A website 
(http://josaa.osa.org/journal/josaa/author.cfm). Please specify that 
the manuscript is intended for the Advances in Retinal Imaging 
feature (choose from the feature issue drop-down menu).

Feature Editors
Joseph Carroll
Medical College of Wisconsin
jcarroll at mcw.edu

Wolfgang Drexler
Medical University - Vienna
wolfgang.drexler at meduniwien.ac.at

Austin Roorda
UC-Berkeley
aroorda at berkeley.edu
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