title: Diagnostic ultrasound: an aid in the differentiation of anterior segment lesions of the eye.
abstract: Because the part of the globe in direct contact with the transducer cannot be visualised and focussed transducers have poor imaging qualities at a distance less than 5-8 mm from their surface, diagnostic ultrasound of the anterior eye segment has been treated in a stepmotherly way. With a simplified immersion technique we can visualize quite accurately a variety of pathologic conditions of the cornea, anterior chamber, iris, lens and ciliary body. The B-mode information is superior to the A-mode in this part of the eye.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Clinics, Radboudziekenhuis, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Verbeek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mitropoulos
mesh_terms: D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003315:Cornea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011187:Posture; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods