title: Note: A gel based imaging technique of the iridocorneal angle for evaluation of angle-closure glaucoma.
abstract: Noninvasive medical imaging techniques have high potential in the field of ocular imaging research. Angle closure glaucoma is a major disease causing blindness and a possible way of detection is the examination of the anterior chamber angle in eyes. Here, a simple optical method for the evaluation of angle-closure glaucoma is proposed and illustrated. The light propagation from the region associated with the iridocorneal angle to the exterior of eye is considered analytically. The design of the gel assisted probe prototype is carried out and the imaging of iridocorneal angle is performed on an eye model.
authors.affiliation: Center for Optical and Laser Engineering, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Shinoj
authors.affiliation: Center for Optical and Laser Engineering, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Murukeshan
authors.affiliation: Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) and Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC), 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baskaran
authors.affiliation: Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) and Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC), 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aung
mesh_terms: D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000473:pathology*; D061848:Optical Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods