School of Optometry

Phone:

812-856-1500

Email:

aeelsner@indiana.edu

Education

Ph.D, University of Oregon (1977)

Research

Dr. Elsner is the principal investigator in two current research projects: “Spatial Extent of Retinal Damage” and “Low-Cost Device for Digital Retinal Imaging.”

• Beck J, Elsner AE, Silverstein C. Position uncertainty and the perception of apparent movement. Perception and Psychophysics 21, 33-38, 1977.
• Elsner AE. Hue difference contours can be used in processing orientation. Perception and Psychophysics 24, 451-456, 1978.
• Burns SA, Smith VC, Pokorny J, Elsner AE. The brightness of equal luminance lights. J. Opt Soc Am 79, 1225-1231, 1982.
• Doft BH, Burns SA, Elsner AE. The inverse electro-oculogram. British J Ophthalmol 66, 379-381, 1982.
• Burns SA, Elsner AE, Pokorny J, Smith VC. The Abney effect: chromaticity coordinates of unique and other constant hues. Vision Res 24, 479-489, 1984.
• Burns SA, Elsner AE. Color matching at high illuminances: the color match area effect and photopigment bleaching. J Opt Soc Am A 2 698-704, 1985.
• Elsner AE, Pokorny J, Burns SA. Chromaticity discrimination: effects of luminance contrast and spatial frequency. J Opt Soc Am A 3, 916-920, 1986.
• Elsner AE, Burns SA, Pokorny J. Changes in constant hue loci with spatial frequency. Color Research and Application 12, 42-50, 1987.
• Burns SA, Elsner AE, Lobes LA Jr., Doft BH. A psychophysical technique for measuring cone photopigment bleaching. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 28, 711-717, 1987.
• Elsner AE, Burns SA, Lobes LA Jr., Doft BH. Cone photopigment bleaching abnormalities in diabetes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 28, 718-724, 1987.
• Elsner AE, Burns SA, Lobes LA Jr. Foveal cone pigment optical density in retinitis pigmentosa. Applied Optics 26, 1378-1384, 1987.
• Burns SA, Elsner AE, Lobes LA Jr. Photopigment Bleaching in Central Serous Retinopathy. Applied Optics 27, 1045-1049, 1988.
• Elsner AE, Berk L, Burns SA, Rosenberg PR. Aging and human cone photopigments, J Opt Soc Am A 5, 2106-2112, 1988.
• Burns SA, Kreitz M, Elsner AE. Apparatus note: A computer controlled, two color, laser-based optical stimulator for vision research. Applied Optics, 30, 2063-2065, 1991.
• Burns SA, Elsner AE, Kreitz MR. Analysis of nonlinearities in the flicker ERG. Optom Vis Sci 69 95-102, 1992.
• Elsner AE, Burns SA, Hughes GW, Webb RH. Reflectometry with a scanning laser ophthalmoscope. Applied Optics 31, 3697-3710, 1992.
• Elsner AE, Burns SA, Weiter JJ. Retinal densitometry in retinal tears and detachments. Clinical Vision Sciences 7, 489-500, 1992.
• Chen J-F, Elsner AE, Burns SB, Hansen RM, Lou PL, Kwong KK, Fulton AB. The effect of eye shape on retinal responses. Clinical Vision Sciences 7, 521-530, 1992.
• Burns SA, Elsner AE. Color matching at high illuminances: photopigment optical density and pupil entry. J Opt Soc Am A 10, 221-230, 1993.
• Elsner AE, Burns SA, Webb RH. Mapping cone photopigment density in humans. J Opt Soc Am A 10, 52-58, 1993.
• Wolf S, Wald K, Elsner AE, Staurenghi G. Indocyanine green choroidal videoangiography: a comparison of imaging analysis with the laser ophthalmoscope and the fundus camera. Retina 13, 266-269, 1993.
• Wolf S, Remky A, Elsner AE, Arend O, Reim M. Indocyanine green video angiography in patients with retinal pigment epithelial detachments. German J Ophthalmology 3, 224-227, 1994.
• Arend O, Remky A, Elsner AE, Bertram B, Reim M, Wolf S. Quantification of cystoid changes in diabetic maculopathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 36, 608-613, 1995.
• Wald KJ, Elsner AE, Wolf S, Staurenghi G, Weiter JJ. Indocyanine green videoangiography for the imaging of choroidal neovascularization associated with macular degeneration. Int Ophthalmol Clin 34, 311-325, 1994.
• Remky A, Arend O, Elsner AE, Toonen F, Reim M, Wolf S. Digital imaging of central serous retinopathy using infrared illumination. German J Ophthalmology 4, 203-206, 1995.
• Kaplan RF, Cohen RA, Rosengart A, Elsner AE, Hedges TR III, Caplan LR. Extinction during time controlled direct retinal stimulation after recovery from right hemispheric stroke, J Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 59, 534-536, 1995.
• Wu S, Burns SA, Elsner AE. Effects of flicker adaptation and temporal gain control in the flicker ERG. Vision Res 35, 2943-2953, 1995.
• Burns SA, Wu S, Delori FC, Elsner AE. Direct measurement of human cone photoreceptor alignment. J Opt Soc Am A 12, 2329-2338, 1995.
• Arend O, Remky A, Elsner AE, Wolf S, Reim M. Indocyanine green angiography in traumatic choroidal rupture: clinico-angiography case reports. German J Ophthalmology 4, 257 -263, 1995.
• Elsner AE, Burns SA, Weiter JJ, Delori FC. Infrared imaging of sub-retinal structures in the human ocular fundus. Vision Res 36, 191-205, 1996.
• Hartnett EM, Elsner AE. Characteristics of exudative age-related macular degeneration determined in vivo with confocal direct and indirect infrared imaging. Ophthalmology 103, 58-71, 1996.
• Wu S, Burns SA, Reeves A, Elsner AE. Flicker brightness enhancement and visual nonlinearity. Vision Res 36, 1573-1583, 1996.
• Burns SA, Elsner AE. Response of the retina at low temporal frequencies. J Opt Soc Am A 13 667- 672, 1996.
• Remky A, Arend O, Beausencourt E, Elsner AE, Bertram B. Retinale Gefasse vor und nach Photokoagulation bei deibetischer Retinopathie. [Retinal vessels before and after photocoagulation in diabetic retinopathy. Determining the diameter using digitized color fundus slides] Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkunde 209, 79-83, 1996.
• Remky A, Beausencourt E, Elsner AE. Angioscotometry with the scanning laser ophthalmoscope: comparison of the effect of different wavelengths. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 37, 2350-2366, 1996.
• Hartnett ME, Weiter JJ, Staurenghi G, Elsner AE. Deep retinal vascular anomalous complexes in advanced age-related macular degeneration. Ophthalmology 103, 2042-2053, 1996.
• Marcos S, Tornow R-P, Elsner AE, Navarro R. Foveal cone spacing and cone photopigment density difference: objective measurements in the same subjects. Vision Res 37, 1909-1915, 1997.
• Wu S, Burns SA, Elsner AE, Eskew RT Jr, He J. Rapid sensitivity changes on flickering backgrounds: tests of models of light adaptation. J Opt Soc Am A 14, 2367-2378, 1997.
• Burns, SA, Wu S, He J, Elsner, AE. Variations in photoreceptor directionality across the central retina. J Opt Soc Am A 14, 2033-2040, 1997.
• Beausencourt E, Elsner AE, Hartnett ME, Trempe CL. Quantitative analysis of macular holes with scanning laser tomography. Ophthalmology 104, 2018-2029, 1997.
• Kelley LM, Walker JP, Wing GL, Raskauskas PA, Elsner AE. Scanning laser ophthalmoscope imaging of age related macular degeneration and neoplasms. J Ophthalmic Photography 3, 89-94, 1997.
• Bradley A, Zhang H, Applegate RA, Thibos LN, Elsner AE. Entoptic image quality of the retinal vasculature. Vision Res 38, 2685-2696, 1998.
• Elsner AE, Dreher AW, Zhou Q, Beausencourt E, Burns SA, Webb RH. Multiply scattered light tomography: vertical cavity surface emitting laser array used for imaging subretinal structures. Lasers and Light in Ophthalmol 8, 193-202, 1998.
• Elsner AE, Burns SA, Beausencourt E, Weiter JJ. Foveal cone photopigment distribution: small alterations associated with macular pigment distribution. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 39, 2394-2404, 1998.
• Raskauskas P, Walker JP, Wing GL, Fletcher DC, Elsner AE. Small incision cataract surgery and placement of posterior chamber intraocular lens in patients with diabetic retinopathy, Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 30, 6-11, 1999.
• Remky A, Beausencourt E, Hartnett ME, Trempe CL, Arend O, Elsner AE. Infrared imaging of cystoid macular edema. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 237, 897-901, 1999.
• Kunze C, Elsner AE, Beausencourt E, Moraes L, Hartnett ME, Trempe CL. Spatial extent of pigment epithelial detachments in age-related macular degeneration. Ophthalmology 9, 1830-1840, 1999.
• Beausencourt E, Remky R, Elsner AE, Hartnett ME, Trempe CL. Infrared scanning laser tomography of macular cysts. Ophthalmology 107, 375-385, 2000.
• Elsner AE, Moraes L, Beausencourt E, Remky A, Burns SA, Weiter JJ, Walker JP, Wing GL, Raskauskas PA, Kelley LM. Scanning laser reflectometry of retinal and subretinal tissues. Optics Express 6, 243-250, 2000. http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-6-13-243.
• Elsner AE, Miura M, Burns SA, Beausencourt E, Kunze C, Kelley L, Walker JP, Wing GL, Raskauskas PA, Fletcher DC, Zhou Q, Dreher AW. Multiply scattered light tomography and confocal imaging: detecting neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration. Optics Express 7, 95-106, 2000. http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-7-2-95.
• Remky A, Lichtenberg K, Elsner AE, Arend O. Short-wavelength automated perimetry in age-related maculopathy. British J Ophthalmology 85, 1432, 2001.
• Remky A, Elsner AE, Morandi A, Beausencourt E, Trempe CL. Blue-on-yellow perimetry with a scanning laser ophthalmoscope: small alterations in the central macula with aging. J Opt Soc Am A 18, 1425-1436, 2001.
• Elsner AE, Zhou Q, Beck F, Tornambe PE, Burns SA, Weiter JJ, Dreher AW. Detecting AMD with multiply scattered light tomography. Int Ophthalmol 23, 245-250, 2001.
• Elsner AE, Burns SA, Weiter JJ. Cone photopigment in older subjects: decreased optical density in early age-related macular degeneration. J Opt Soc Am A 19, 215-222, 2002.
• Miura M, Elsner AE. Three dimensional imaging in age-related macular degeneration. Optics Express 9, 436-443, 2001. http://www.opticsexpress.org/oearchive/source/34361.htm.
• Hammer DX, Ferguson RD, Magill JC, White MA, Elsner AE, Webb RH. Imaging stabilization for scanning laser ophthalmoscopy. Optics Express 10, 1542, 2002. http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-10-26-1542.
• Miura M, Elsner AE, Beausencourt E, Kunze C, Hartnett ME, Lashkari K, Trempe C. Grading of infrared confocal scanning laser tomography and video displays of digitized color slides in exudative age-related macular degeneration. Retina 22, 300-308, 2002.
• Elsner AE, Si YJ, Mellem-Kairala MB, Miura M. Imaging and visualization of pathology beneath the retinal surface. Stud Health Technol Inform 85, 133-136, 2002.
• Moraes LR, Cialdini AP, Avila MP, Elsner AE. Identifying live nematodes in diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis by using the scanning laser ophthalmoscope. Arch Ophthalmol 12, 135-138, 2002.
• Burns SA, Marcos S, Elsner AE, Barra S. Contrast improvement for confocal retinal imaging using phase correcting plates. Optics Letters 27, 400-402, 2002.
• Miura M, Elsner AE, Osako M, Iwasaki T, Okano T, Usui M. Dissociated optic nerve fiber layer appearance after internal limiting membrane peeling for idiopathic macular holes. Retina 23, 561-563, 2003.
• Hammer, DX, Ferguson D, Magill JC, White MA, Elsner AE, Webb RH. Compact scanning laser ophthalmoscope with high-speed retinal tracker. Applied Optics 42, 4621-4632, 2003.
• Burns SA, Elsner AE, Mellem-Kairala MB, Simmons RB. Improved contrast of subretinal structures using polarization analysis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 44, 4061-4068, 2003.
• Miura M, Osako M, Elsner AE, Kajizuka H, Yamada K, Usui M. Birefringence of intraocular lenses. J Cataract Refract Surg 30(7), 1549-1555, 2004.
• Weber A, Cheney MC, Smithwick QYJ, Elsner AE. Polarimetric imaging and blood vessel quantification. Optics Express 12(21), 5178-5190, 2004.
• Ferguson RD, Hammer DX, Elsner AE, Webb RH, Burns SA, Weiter JJ. Wide-field retinal hemodynamic imaging with the tracking scanning laser ophthalmoscope. Optics Express 12(21), 5198-5208, 2004.
• Remky A, Elsner AE. Blue-on-Yellow Perimetry with a SLO in Patients with Age-Related Macular Disease. British J Ophthalmol. 2005 Apr;89(4):464-9.
• Miura M, Elsner AE, Osako M, Yamada K, Agawa T, Iwasaki T, Usui M. Spectral Imaging of the Area of Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling. Retina 2005 Jun;25(4):468-472.
• Mellem-Kairala MB, Elsner AE, Weber A, Simmons RB, Burns SA. Improved contrast of peripapillary hyperpigmentation using polarization analysis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005 Mar;46(3):1099-106.
• Masahiro M, Elsner AE, Weber A, Cheney MC, Osako M, Usui M. Imaging polarimetry in central serous chorioretinopathy. American J Ophthalmol (In Press).

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