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Leon Au Consultant corneal and glaucoma specialist Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
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Zeiss Visante
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- Based on low-coherence inter-
ferometry using 1310nm superluminescent light emitting diode
- Axial resolution 18um (vs 25um in
UBM)
- Tissue penetration 6mm (vs 5mm UBM)
- Non contact and fast
- Penetrates cloudy cornea and sclera
- Blocked by pigment, no ciliary body
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- Has a fixation target
- Performed in complete darkness
(uses infra-red camera)
- Induces accommodation to measure
lens movement
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Basic function
Anterior segment
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High resolution of angle
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measurement
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SLIDE 12 Anterior segment OCT imaging in mucopolysaccharidoses type I, II, and VI.
Ahmed TY, Turnbull AM, Attridge NF, Biswas S, Lloyd IC, Au L, Ashworth JL. Eye (Lond). 2014 Mar;28(3):327-36. doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.281.
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Corneal scar
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Endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK)
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Brittle cornea syndrome: recognition, molecular diagnosis and management Emma MM Burkitt Wright, Louise F Porter, Helen L Spencer, Jill Clayton-Smith, Leon Au, Francis L Munier, Sarah Smithson, Mohnish Suri, Marianne Rohrbach, Forbes DC Manson, Graeme CM Black Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2013; 8: 68. Published online 2013 May 4. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-8-68
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Post cataract surgery
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Trab assessment
SLIDE 24 The use of anterior segment optical coherence tomography in glaucoma drainage implant surgery.
Au L, Fenerty C. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2008 Mar-Apr;39(2):164-6.
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Hypotony
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Cyclodiaysis cleft
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Cleft under flap
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Silicone oil under conjunctiva
SLIDE 29 Conclusion
- High quality images
- Non contact
- Fast
- Tolerant to movement
- Extremely valuable tool !!