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Review
. 2012 May;89(5):E554-62.
doi: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31824eeb43.

Optical coherence tomography: future trends for imaging in glaucoma

Lindsey S Folio  1 , Gadi Wollstein, Joel S Schuman
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Review

Optical coherence tomography: future trends for imaging in glaucoma

Lindsey S Folio et al. Optom Vis Sci. 2012 May.

Abstract

Optical coherence tomography captures a major role in clinical assessment in eye care. Innovative hardware and software improvements in the technology would further enhance its usefulness. In this review, we present several promising initiatives currently in development or early phase of assessment that we expect to have a future impact on optical coherence tomography.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
SD-OCT image of optic nerve head in a healthy eye using a 1030nm central wavelength light source. (Right) B-scan showing segmentation plane. (Left) C-mode image highlighting the lamina pore structure.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Cirrus HD-OCT 200×200 macular cube scan showing the C-mode plane fit to the retinal pigment epithelial layer to highlight the region of neuroretinal detachment. A color version of this figure is available online at www.optvissci.com.
Figure 3
Figure 3
SD-OCT enface image (obtained from Cirrus HD-OCT 200×200 optic disc cube scan) showing 3.4mm diameter circle in purple and glaucomatous wedge defect in the inferotemporal region. The damage that is shown to be outside the normal range (red clusters) does not intersect the 3.4mm circle. A color version of this figure is available online at www.optvissci.com.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness map of the peripapillary region, overlaid with superpixel analysis. (Left) Superpixel analysis of a healthy eye showing uniform clustering. (Right) Superpixel analysis of a glaucomatous eye showing smaller superpixels in areas of thin RNFL. A color version of this figure is available online at www.optvissci.com.
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