January 29, 2003
In vivo confocal microscopy of the human cornea
I Jalbert1, F Stapleton1, E Papas1, D F Swee
BJO Feb 2003
Confocal microscopy allows ophthalmic clinicians and researchers to visualise living tissues at greatly increased resolutions. Qualitative observations of the images obtained are rapidly giving way to sophisticated quantitative image analysis systems. So far, confocal microscopy has been used to better characterise the often rare corneal degenerations and dystrophies, as an aid in the differential diagnosis of keratitis and keratopathies, to research the wound healing characteristics of the human cornea following penetrating keratoplasties and refractive surgery procedures, and to study the effects of contact lens wear. Confocal microscopy has also been successfully used in lieu of specular microscopy to obtain endothelial cell counts even in the presence of oedema.
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Posted by mtmdop at January 29, 2003 06:48 AM