title: OCT angiography: the next era of OCT technology emerges.
abstract: This editorial outlines the development of optical coherence tomography (OCT) technology and discusses the emergence of OCT angiography as a true extension of capabilities from spectral-domain OCT.
authors.forename: Carmen A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Puliafito
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000639:trends*; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000502:physiology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000639:trends*