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. 1995 Mar;113(3):325-32.
doi: 10.1001/archopht.1995.01100030081025.

Optical coherence tomography of the human retina

M R Hee  1 , J A Izatt, E A Swanson, D Huang, J S Schuman, C P Lin, C A Puliafito, J G Fujimoto
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Optical coherence tomography of the human retina

M R Hee et al. Arch Ophthalmol. 1995 Mar.

Abstract

Objective: To demonstrate optical coherence tomography for high-resolution, noninvasive imaging of the human retina. Optical coherence tomography is a new imaging technique analogous to ultrasound B scan that can provide cross-sectional images of the retina with micrometer-scale resolution.

Design: Survey optical coherence tomographic examination of the retina, including the macula and optic nerve head in normal human subjects.

Setting: Research laboratory.

Participants: Convenience sample of normal human subjects.

Main outcome measures: Correlation of optical coherence retinal tomographs with known normal retinal anatomy.

Results: Optical coherence tomographs can discriminate the cross-sectional morphologic features of the fovea and optic disc, the layered structure of the retina, and normal anatomic variations in retinal and retinal nerve fiber layer thicknesses with 10-microns depth resolution.

Conclusion: Optical coherence tomography is a potentially useful technique for high depth resolution, cross-sectional examination of the fundus.

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