title: High resolution imaging of the equine cornea using the DUB®-SkinScanner v3.9.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to describe the use of the DUB®-SkinScanner v3.9 (taberna pro medicum GmbH, Lueneburg, Germany) for the examination of the equine cornea.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the DUB®-SkinScanner v3.9 various pathological corneal conditions were pictured in the A- and B-mode at a frequency of 22 and/or 50 MHz in nine eyes of eight horses. Scans were obtained from standing horses or from horses under general anesthesia non-related to image acquisition.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The examination allowed real time imaging and measurement of the equine cornea in vivo. Compared to slit-lamp biomicroscopy additional information was obtained in seven of nine eyes regarding the corneal thickness, in four of nine eyes regarding the epithelium, in five of nine eyes regarding the stroma and in five of nine eyes regarding the endothelium.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The DUB®-SkinScanner v3.9 is a valuable high-resolution imaging tool for the evaluation of the equine cornea under practice conditions. The image acquisition does not depend on corneal transparency and provides additional diagnostic information to the standard slit-lamp biomicroscopy.
authors.forename: Lena E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Herbig
authors.forename: Lothar
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.affiliation: J. Corinna Eule, Klinik für kleine Haustiere, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin, E-Mail: Corinna.Eule@fu-berlin.de.
authors.forename: J Corinna
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Eule
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003315:Cornea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000662:veterinary*; D006736:Horses / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
keywords: Ultrasound; biometry; equine; eye; keratitis