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Our goal was to quantify the influence of optical coherence tomography (OCT) beam tilt on reflectivity of each layer of the mouse retina.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title><jats:underline>Methods<\/jats:underline><\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>We collected OCT images in a single plane capturing the optic nerve head, temporal retina, and nasal retina, while tilting the OCT beam at various angles. We converted signal intensities to estimated attenuation coefficients (eAC). The attenuation coefficient describes how quickly the remainder of an OCT beam\u2019s light is absorbed or scattered at a given depth into the retina. A single-ellipse model based on prior literature was calculated at each retinal depth, describing the maximum eAC across all tilts (ellipse semi-major axis), the beam tilt eliciting that maximum eAC, and eAC\u2019s dependence on beam tilt (semi-major versus semi-minor axes). <jats:italic>Post hoc<\/jats:italic>, the inner retina bore an unexpectedly complex relationship between beam tilt and eAC, which we explored with a two-ellipse model.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title><jats:underline>Results<\/jats:underline><\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>eACs in the temporal and nasal retina were dissimilar at specific beam tilts, but this was near-completely explained by differences in microstructure alignment. Dependence on beam tilt was substantial over the photoreceptors, but non-zero in all retinal layers. <jats:italic>Post-hoc<\/jats:italic>, two-ellipse models implied that microstructures vitread to the external limiting membrane were well-aligned with the photoreceptor inner and outer segments, and a small fraction (\u22650.3%) of that tissue is especially translucent.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title><jats:underline>Conclusion<\/jats:underline><\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>We mapped microstructure alignment throughout the retina. 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