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Usefulness of OCT for imaging the choroid, the vitreous and the optic nerve during uveitis
Author(s) -
Denniston A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2016.0221
Subject(s) - optical coherence tomography , medicine , choroid , ophthalmology , uveitis , optic nerve , posterior segment of eyeball , presentation (obstetrics) , clinical practice , optometry , visual field , retina , radiology , neuroscience , psychology , family medicine
Summary Imaging – and its quantitative analysis – provides the opportunity for us to transform how we assess intraocular inflammation. The use of optical coherence tomography (OCT), particularly as it increases in depth of sampling and width of field, supported by novel approaches to the analysis of these images have the potential to supersede many of our subjective clinical assessments. In this presentation, we consider how OCT of the whole posterior segment – not just the retina – has the potential to facilitate both diagnosis and quantitative objective assessment of intraocular inflammation. Finally we consider how this is likely to impact both routine clinical practice and the design of clinical trials.