OCT and OCTA Assessment of Retinal and Choroidal Diseases
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Optics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 1159
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optical coherence tomography; retinal diseases; choroidal diseases
2. Microbiology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania
Interests: ophthalmology; antibiotic resistance; bacterial and viral infections; testing of antimicrobial activity of various compounds
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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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Keywords
- optical coherence tomography
- optical coherence tomography angiography
- diabetic retinopathy
- age related macular degeneration
- retinal vascular diseases.
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