ABSTRACT
Recent developments in imaging technologies offer great potential for the assessment of retinal ganglion cell disorders, with particular relevance to glaucoma. In particular, advances in this field have allowed unprecedented in vivo access to the retinal layers, using many different properties of light to differentiate cellular structures. This article is a summary of currently available and investigational advanced, high-resolution imaging technologies and their potential applications to glaucoma. It represents the topics of discussion at the annual Optic Nerve Rescue and Restoration Think Tank, sponsored by The Glaucoma Foundation, entitled “High Resolution Imaging of the Eye: Advanced Optics, Microtechnology and Nanotechnology” and held in New York, New York, September 28-29, 2007. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2009;40:480-488.]
AUTHORS
From the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Western Eye Hospital (MFC), London, United Kingdom; the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (RN), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; the Department of Optometry and Visual Sciences (WD), Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom; the Department of Ophthalmology (TB), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Einhorn Clinical Research Center (RR), New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, New York; and the Department of Ophthalmology (RR), New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
Accepted for publication April 28, 2009.
Presented in part at the annual Optic Nerve Rescue and Restoration Think Tank, New York, New York, September 28-29, 2007.
Supported by The Glaucoma Foundation, New York, New York.
The authors have no financial or proprietary interest in the materials presented herein.
Address correspondence to M. Francesca Cordeiro, MD, PhD, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom.
doi: 10.3928/15428877-20090901-07
