Abstract
Diabetic retinopathy is one of the leading causes of vision loss worldwide. Fluorescein angiogram still plays a primary role in its diagnosis but new non-invasive technologies as optical coherence tomography, fundus autofluorescence and microperimetry are gaining popularity in the last years.
Anatomical changes found with these devices have been widely described but their correlation with visual function needs to be assessed and several features have been proposed as indicators of visual prognosis.
The aim of this paper is to give a scope of the actual role of these techniques in the evaluation of retinal impairment secondary to diabetes.
Keywords: Diabetic retinopathy, diagnosis, fluorescein angiography, fundus autofluorescence, imaging, microperimetry, teleophthalmology, optical coherence tomography and visual function
Current Diabetes Reviews
Title:Update on the Imaging Techniques in the Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy
Volume: 8 Issue: 3
Author(s): Fernando Lopez-Lopez and Francisco Gomez-Ulla
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Keywords: Diabetic retinopathy, diagnosis, fluorescein angiography, fundus autofluorescence, imaging, microperimetry, teleophthalmology, optical coherence tomography and visual function
Abstract: Diabetic retinopathy is one of the leading causes of vision loss worldwide. Fluorescein angiogram still plays a primary role in its diagnosis but new non-invasive technologies as optical coherence tomography, fundus autofluorescence and microperimetry are gaining popularity in the last years.
Anatomical changes found with these devices have been widely described but their correlation with visual function needs to be assessed and several features have been proposed as indicators of visual prognosis.
The aim of this paper is to give a scope of the actual role of these techniques in the evaluation of retinal impairment secondary to diabetes.
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Lopez-Lopez Fernando and Gomez-Ulla Francisco, Update on the Imaging Techniques in the Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy, Current Diabetes Reviews 2012; 8(3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157339912800564025
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157339912800564025 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6417 |

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