The Development and Application of Optical Coherence Tomography and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Retinal Diseases
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Ophthalmology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 September 2024 | Viewed by 57568
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Dear Colleagues,
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become an important addition to the ophthalmic diagnostic armamentarium in clinical practice.
This tool has been unique in the management of wet age macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, vitreomacular interface disorder, central serous chorioretinopathy, and several retinal diseases. Serial OCT images allow ophthalmologists to follow patients’ progress over time. Further, numerous studies have shown that OCT scan as well as segmentation of single retinal layer might be used in search of biomarkers of retinal diseases.
As OCT documents retinal thickness at micron-level resolution, recently, the introduction of the OCT angiography (OCTA) has allowed the visualization of blood flow in the retina and choroid. OCTA provides a new dimension of depth information to assess the severity of retinal ischemia. Many studies have been shown that this relatively new tool with a new non-invasive method can detect subclinical vascular changes that are noted in patients with minimal signs of diabetic retinopathy. Although commercially available devices have a limited field-of-view, including 3 x 3, 6 x 6, and 8 x 8 mm, larger fields are already available in the research field.
This Special Issue seeks to outline studies targeting the development and application of OCT as well as OCTA imaging and analysis in various retinal diseases.
Dr. Fabio Scarinci
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Optical coherence tomography
- Optical coherence tomography angiography
- Vitreoretinal diseases
- Retinal imaging analysis
- Biomarkers
- Segmentation
- Retinal ischemia
- Retinal blood flow
- Choroidal blood flow