Recent advances in ophthalmic molecular imaging

Abstract The aim of molecular imaging techniques is the visualization of molecular processes and functional changes in living animals and human patients before morphological changes occur at the cellular and tissue level. Ophthalmic molecular imaging is still in its infancy and has mainly been used...

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Published in:Survey of ophthalmology 2014-07, Vol.59 (4), p.393-413
Main Authors: Ramos de Carvalho, J. Emanuel, MD, Verbraak, Frank D., MD, PhD, Aalders, Maurice C., PhD, van Noorden, Cornelis J., PhD, Schlingemann, Reinier O., MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological
eye
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
molecular imaging
Molecular Imaging - methods
multispectral imaging
ophthalmic imaging
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmoscopy
optical coherence tomography
Optical Imaging
scanning laser ophthalmoscope
Tomography, Optical Coherence
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Summary:Abstract The aim of molecular imaging techniques is the visualization of molecular processes and functional changes in living animals and human patients before morphological changes occur at the cellular and tissue level. Ophthalmic molecular imaging is still in its infancy and has mainly been used in small animals for pre-clinical research. The goal of most of these pre-clinical studies is their translation into ophthalmic molecular imaging techniques in clinical care. We discuss various molecular imaging techniques and their applications in ophthalmology.
ISSN:0039-6257
1879-3304
DOI:10.1016/j.survophthal.2013.09.005