[Optical biopsy of the retina in vivo: on optical coherence tomography and its clinical use in ophthalmology].
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a novel, non invasive imaging method, which enables in vivo assessment of living tissues, providing near histological resolution images. The first description of its clinical introduction was in ophthalmology, which substantially changed our view of specific retinal diseases. OCT technology is slowly penetrating into other medical fields, supposedly opening new perspectives with the possibility of in vivo optical biopsy. The aim of this paper is to review the clinical use of OCT, with special emphasis on ophthalmology.
Somfai
Gábor Mark
GM
Semmelweis Egyetem, Altalános Orvostudományi Kar, II. Szemészeti Klinika, Budapest. somfaigm@szem2.sote.hu
Salacz
György
G
D000818:Animals; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence