title: [Paying attention to the application of examining fundus autofluorescence in the diagnosis of fundus disease].
abstract: Nowadays there are many methods to check out the fundus diseases, including fundus fluorescence angiography (FFA), indocyanine green angiography (ICGA), optical coherence tomography (OCT) and so on, which have already been used widely all over the world. However, the value of fundus autofluorescence angiography (FAF) in diagnosing fundus diseases, which has been paid much attention worldwide over the past ten years, does not cause enough attention in our nation. The reasons are that we are deficient about the knowledge of the mechanism of fundus autofluorescence produced, and its meaning of the clinical application of fundus autofluorescence and so on. This passage aims to base on demonstrating the problems above, and emphasize that fundus autofluorescence is as a promising, non-invasive imaging method and has high value in the clinical application, especially in the diagnosing the fundus diseases, monitoring its development and therapeutic results. Therefore, it needs to be given high attention, dissemination and spread in our nation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200092, China. zhaopeiquan@126.com
authors.forename: Pei-Quan
authors.initials: PQ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*