Clinical use of OCT in assessing glaucoma progression

Jacek Kotowski; Gadi Wollstein; Lindsey S Folio; Hiroshi Ishikawa; Joel S Schuman

doi:10.3928/15428877-20110627-01

Clinical use of OCT in assessing glaucoma progression

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2011 Jul;42 Suppl(0):S6-S14. doi: 10.3928/15428877-20110627-01.

Authors

Jacek Kotowski¹, Gadi Wollstein, Lindsey S Folio, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Joel S Schuman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, UPMC Eye Center, Eye and Ear Institute, Ophthalmology and Visual Science Research Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Abstract

Detection of disease progression is an important and challenging component of glaucoma management. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has proved to be valuable in the detection of glaucomatous damage. With its high resolution and proven measurement reproducibility, OCT has the potential to become an important tool for glaucoma progression detection. This manuscript presents the capabilities of the OCT technology pertinent for detection of progressive glaucomatous damage and provides a review of the current knowledge on the device's clinical performance.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological*
Disease Progression
Glaucoma / diagnosis*
Glaucoma / physiopathology
Humans
Optic Nerve Diseases / diagnosis*
Optic Nerve Diseases / physiopathology
Tomography, Optical Coherence*

Abstract

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