title: [Pentacam--the new way for anterior eye segment imaging and mapping].
abstract: Accurate preoperative measurements are required for refractive and cataract surgery. Pentacam is a new imaging system for anterior eye segment study. The authors present technique and the range of measurements; topography of both anterior and posterior corneal surface from limbus to limbus, densitometry, anterior chamber angle, volume and depth, lens densitometry and 3D-virtual model of the anterior eye segment are taken. All those structures are shown thanks to rotating Scheimpflug camera, which generates three-dimension images. Any eye movements are detected by a second camera and corrected for, in the process. All results are written down on PC and are available for the prospective studies.
authors.affiliation: Z Katedry i Kliniki Okulistyki I Wydziału Lekarskiego Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kopacz
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maciejewicz
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kecik
mesh_terms: D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002386:Cataract / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003315:Cornea / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D019781:Corneal Topography; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D010781:Photography