Growing evidence shows that altered blood flow plays a major role in many vision-threatening diseases including glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, Central Retinal Vein Occlusion, and Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion. Optical coherence tomography, an established imaging technique use for eye exam in clinical ophthalmology, provides high-resolution cross sectional images of the retina and has increased our ability to understand many eye diseases.
Optical Coherence Tomography is a non-invasive technique use a broadband light source to illuminate the area of study with light in the near infrared spectrum, then obtains static images of tissue structure from interference signals of the back-reflected light. Optical Coherence Tomography a non-contact, non-invasive means of documenting both tissue structure and blood flow changes in ocular disease and can provide high resolution cross-sectional images of tissue structure, direct visualization of blood flow in blood vessels of the eye.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
23
Optical Coherence Tomography
Beckman Laser Institute, University of California,Irvine
Irvine, California, United States
Medical exam tool
Optical Coherence Tomography imaging technique of the retina and ability to diagnose and manage many eye diseases
Time frame: 24 hours
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