TY - JOUR
T1 - Anterior ophthalmic imaging
AU - Wolffsohn, James S.
AU - Peterson, Rachael C.
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - Improvements in imaging chips and computer processing power have brought major advances in imaging of the anterior eye. Digitally captured images can be visualised immediately and can be stored and retrieved easily. Anterior ocular imaging techniques using slitlamp biomicroscopy, corneal topography, confocal microscopy, optical coherence tomography (OCT), ultrasonic biomicroscopy, computerised tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are reviewed. Conventional photographic imaging can be used to quantify corneal topography, corneal thickness and transparency, anterior chamber depth and lateral angle and crystalline lens position, curvature, thickness and transparency. Additionally, the effects of tumours, foreign bodies and trauma can be localised, the corneal layers can be examined and the tear film thickness assessed. © 2006 The Authors.
AB - Improvements in imaging chips and computer processing power have brought major advances in imaging of the anterior eye. Digitally captured images can be visualised immediately and can be stored and retrieved easily. Anterior ocular imaging techniques using slitlamp biomicroscopy, corneal topography, confocal microscopy, optical coherence tomography (OCT), ultrasonic biomicroscopy, computerised tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are reviewed. Conventional photographic imaging can be used to quantify corneal topography, corneal thickness and transparency, anterior chamber depth and lateral angle and crystalline lens position, curvature, thickness and transparency. Additionally, the effects of tumours, foreign bodies and trauma can be localised, the corneal layers can be examined and the tear film thickness assessed. © 2006 The Authors.
KW - anterior eye
KW - imaging
KW - photography
KW - slitlamp biomicroscopy
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UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1444-0938.2006.00065.x/abstract
U2 - 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2006.00065.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2006.00065.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 16776728
SN - 1444-0938
VL - 89
SP - 205
EP - 214
JO - Clinical and Experimental Optometry
JF - Clinical and Experimental Optometry
IS - 4
ER -