Linear array multiple transducer ultrasonic examination of the eye.
Dynamic ultrasonic imaging adds a time dimension to the clinical diagnosis of ocular pathology. A recent development in this area of ophthalmic sonography has been the introduction of an electronically scanned, multiple transducer system that provides improved real-time imaging of ocular tissue motion. This paper discusses clinical observations made in a variety of ophthalmic conditions with a high speed, linear array ultrasound system and discusses briefly the apparatus and special examination techniques needed to make these observations. Clinical subjects include vitreo-retinal adhesions: the clear cortical vitreous network; vitreous hemorrhage, opacities and membranes; shallow, fixed, and mobile retinal detachments; blood vessels within ocular tumors and the evaluation of intraocular foreign bodies.
D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy / Q000379:methods; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis; D014159:Transducers; D014465:Ultrasonics / Q000295:instrumentation; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014822:Vitreous Body