Open AccessImaging of the peripheral retina
Author(s) -
Marcus Kernt,
Anselm Kampik
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
oman journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 0974-7842
pISSN - 0974-620X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-620x.122292
Subject(s) - retina , scanning laser ophthalmoscopy , optical coherence tomography , ophthalmoscopy , medicine , autofluorescence , ophthalmology , retinal , fundus (uterus) , optometry , optics , physics , fluorescence
The technical progress of the recent years has revolutionized imaging in ophthalmology. Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO), digital angiography, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and detection of fundus autofluorescence (FAF) have fundamentally changed our understanding of numerous retinal and choroidal diseases. Besides the tremendous advances in macular diagnostics, there is more and more evidence that central pathologies are often directly linked to changes in the peripheral retina. This review provides a brief overview on current posterior segment imaging techniques with a special focus on the peripheral retina.