OCT and OCTA Assessment of Retinal and Choroidal Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

In the field of medicine has taken significant steps in the recent decades due to technology development, and the ophthalmology sector is no exception.

In just a few years, optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become the “gold standard” of screening and diagnosis for ocular diseases as a non-invasive imaging method. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is in its early days but it is believed that it will replace invasive imaging methods such as fluorescein fundus angiography in years to come. In addition to modern investigations, modern therapies have also emerged, so morbidity due to retinal and choroidal diseases has decreased significantly.

In spite of the recent improvements in diagnosis and treatment, these conditions still represent the leading causes of blindness worldwide.

We seem to know a lot and we seem to do a lot, but there is still a major burden of irreversible vision loss among patients affected by retinal and choroidal conditions. Therefore, sharing knowledge and analyzing pathologies from different angles represents the key to further improvement.

This Special Issue is centered around, but not exclusively, the following conditions:

- Vascular retinal diseases;

- Diabetic retinopathy;

- Inherited fundus diseases;

- Dry age-related macular degeneration and geographic atrophy;

- Wet age-related macular degeneration;

- Retinal/choroidal malignancies;

- Retinal/choroidal involvement in general diseases.

Dr. Andrei Theodor Bǎlǎşoiu
Dr. Ovidiu Zlatian
Guest Editors

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