[Corneal imaging]

Abstract

Initially developed for research purposes, several imaging techniques of the cornea are now available in clinical practice brought by technological advances that have improved resolution but have also simplified their use. In vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) provides images with a resolution approaching one micron and permitting a histological-like in vivo imaging of the cornea. In parallel, Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging techniques have been also developed and offers today macroscopic images of anterior segment tissues and of the cornea in particular. Numerous corneal diseases as well as corneal surgical procedures could have a benefit from these new imaging techniques of the anterior segment of the eye.