{"id":240592,"date":"2026-07-10T07:21:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/quantum-optics-may-turn-this-rare-visual-phenomenon-into-an-eye-test"},"modified":"2026-07-10T07:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:21:56","slug":"quantum-optics-may-turn-this-rare-visual-phenomenon-into-an-eye-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/quantum-optics-may-turn-this-rare-visual-phenomenon-into-an-eye-test","title":{"rendered":"Quantum optics may turn this rare visual phenomenon into an eye test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/quantum-optics-may-turn-this-rare-visual-phenomenon-into-an-eye-test2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Modern life depends on quantum physics. It makes technologies such as GPS navigation, MRI scanners and computer chips possible. Now, the same science may also lead to a new way to test the health of our eyes. A University at Buffalo-led team has used a technique from quantum optics to make a little-known visual pattern produced inside the eye easier to see\u2014potentially opening the door to a new way to test retinal health.<\/p>\n<p>Known as Boehm\u2019s brushes, these faint, two-lobed, bowtie-shaped patterns sometimes appear in peripheral vision when polarized light scatters off structures in the retina. Because people with retinal disease may be less likely to perceive them, scientists have long wondered whether they could serve as a biomarker of retinal health.<\/p>\n<p>However, Boehm\u2019s brushes are often too hard to see, even for people with healthy eyes, to be useful in clinical practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modern life depends on quantum physics. It makes technologies such as GPS navigation, MRI scanners and computer chips possible. Now, the same science may also lead to a new way to test the health of our eyes. A University at Buffalo-led team has used a technique from quantum optics to make a little-known visual pattern [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1523,1495,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-computing","category-health","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}