title: Transscleral optical coherence tomography: a new imaging method for the anterior segment of the eye.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a new imaging method for the anterior segment of the eye.
  
  
  METHODS
  Transscleral optical coherence tomographic images were generated in healthy volunteers using a slitlamp-adapted prototype equipped with a superluminescence diode with an infrared wavelength of 1310 nm.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The optical coherence tomographic system used allowed penetration of human sclera in vivo and high-resolution, cross-sectional imaging of the anterior chamber angle and the ciliary body.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The 1310-nm optical coherence tomographic image shows a significant potential as a noninvasive diagnostic tool for the anterior segment of the eye.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoerauf
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Engelhardt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Laqua
authors.forename: Reginald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Birngruber
mesh_terms: D019412:Anatomy, Cross-Sectional / Q000379:methods*; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D006801:Humans; D007368:Interferometry; D008027:Light; D012590:Sclera; D014054:Tomography / Q000379:methods