title: In vivo imaging of posterior capsule opacification using Spectral Optical Coherence Tomography.
abstract: Three years after uneventful extracapsular cataract extraction with implantation of a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) intraocular lens (IOL) (MZ60BD, Alcon) in a 74-year-old man, the anterior segment of the right eye was photographed with a Canon EOS 300D digital camera and examined with a slitlamp and a prototype spectral optical coherence tomography (SOCT) instrument. Subsequently, a neodymium:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy was performed, followed by another examination. The quality of the SOCT images was adequate for detailed cross-sectional evaluation of the IOL, posterior capsule opacification (PCO), and morphological changes after laser capsulotomy. En face contour maps of PCO distribution were created from 3-dimensional SOCT data. The results presented indicate future applicability of SOCT technology in evaluating modern IOL designs and investigating the process of PCO formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolas Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland. bartka@by.onet.pl
authors.forename: Bartlomiej J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Kaluzny
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szkulmowska
authors.forename: Jakub J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kaluzny
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bajraszewski
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szkulmowski
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kowalczyk
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wojtkowski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate