Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Ophthalmology
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) has become an ophthalmological tool of great value for the study of pathology, both retinal and glaucomatosa and cornea. OCT is a technique that practically allows us to perform a biopsy of the retina, more specifically of the macula, but without having to operate or open the eye since it is an optical cut made with laser. It is basically used for the study of maculopathies, AMD, macular edemas, optic nerve lesions, etc. and the control of intravitreous treatments such as Lucentis and Abastin.
It is a visualization technique that, based on the principles of optical coherence, allows to generate images of the interior of the eyeball through the use of laser light beams. This beam is capable of penetrating the observed tissues, generating internal reflections in it that are captured and processed. In this way, sectional images of tissue components can be obtained up to a certain depth, obtaining images that recall in a certain way those of a biopsy. From the processing of the information captured by the system, quantitative measurements of the thickness and amplitude of the tissues analyzed can be made.
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