title: Optical Coherence Tomography to Assess Neurodegeneration in Multiple Sclerosis.
abstract: Retinal spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) has emerged as a clinical and research tool in multiple sclerosis (MS) and optic neuritis (ON). This chapter summarizes a short OCT protocol as included in international consensus guidelines. The protocol was written for hands-on style such that both clinicians and OCT technicians can make use of it. The protocol is suitable for imaging of the optic nerve head and macular regions as a baseline for follow-up investigations, individual layer segmentation, and diagnostic assessment.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurology and Ophthalmology, VU Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, 1081HV, The Netherlands, a.petzold@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petzold
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*