title: [Technical principles of adaptive optics in ophthalmology].
abstract: During the last 25 years ophthalmic imaging has undergone a revolution. This review gives an overview of the possibilities of adaptive optics (AO) for ophthalmic imaging technologies and their development and illustrates that the role of ophthalmic imaging changed from the documentation of obvious abnormalities to the detection of microscopic yet significant conspicuities. This enables earlier and more precise diagnoses. The implementation of AO for imaging systems like fundus cameras, scanning laser ophthalmoscopy and optical coherence tomography has gained in importance. In recent years a couple of companies started developing commercially available AO systems, thus, indicating a future use in clinical routine.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn, Ernst-Abbe-Str. 2, 53127, Bonn, Deutschland. jenny.reiniger@ukbonn.de.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Reiniger
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn, Ernst-Abbe-Str. 2, 53127, Bonn, Deutschland.|Institut für Zoologie und Tierphysiologie, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Domdei
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn, Ernst-Abbe-Str. 2, 53127, Bonn, Deutschland.
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Holz
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn, Ernst-Abbe-Str. 2, 53127, Bonn, Deutschland.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Harmening
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007909:Lenses; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D019721:Ophthalmoscopes; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy / Q000379:methods; D010781:Photography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000295:instrumentation*
keywords: Fundus photography; Imaging; Optical coherence tomography; Resolution; Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy