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Photoacoustic imaging of the eye: A mini review
The eye relies on the synergistic cooperation of many different ocular components, including the cornea, crystalline lens, photoreceptors, and retinal neurons, to precisely sense visual information. Complications with a single ocular component can degrade vision and sometimes cause blindness. Immedi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5063360/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27761410 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pacs.2016.05.001 |
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author | Liu, Wenzhong Zhang, Hao F. |
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description | The eye relies on the synergistic cooperation of many different ocular components, including the cornea, crystalline lens, photoreceptors, and retinal neurons, to precisely sense visual information. Complications with a single ocular component can degrade vision and sometimes cause blindness. Immediate treatment and long-term monitoring are paramount to alleviate symptoms, restore vision, and cure ocular diseases. However, successful treatment requires understanding ocular pathological mechanisms, precisely detecting and monitoring the diseases. The investigation and diagnosis of ocular diseases require advanced medical tools. In this mini review, we discuss non-invasive photoacoustic (PA) imaging as a potential research tool and medical screening device. In the research setting, PA imaging can provide valuable information on the disease progression. In the clinical setting, PA imaging can potentially aid in disease detection and treatment monitoring. |
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spelling | pubmed-50633602016-10-19 Photoacoustic imaging of the eye: A mini review Liu, Wenzhong Zhang, Hao F. Photoacoustics Review Article The eye relies on the synergistic cooperation of many different ocular components, including the cornea, crystalline lens, photoreceptors, and retinal neurons, to precisely sense visual information. Complications with a single ocular component can degrade vision and sometimes cause blindness. Immediate treatment and long-term monitoring are paramount to alleviate symptoms, restore vision, and cure ocular diseases. However, successful treatment requires understanding ocular pathological mechanisms, precisely detecting and monitoring the diseases. The investigation and diagnosis of ocular diseases require advanced medical tools. In this mini review, we discuss non-invasive photoacoustic (PA) imaging as a potential research tool and medical screening device. In the research setting, PA imaging can provide valuable information on the disease progression. In the clinical setting, PA imaging can potentially aid in disease detection and treatment monitoring. Elsevier 2016-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5063360/ /pubmed/27761410 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pacs.2016.05.001 Text en © 2016 Published by Elsevier GmbH. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Article Liu, Wenzhong Zhang, Hao F. Photoacoustic imaging of the eye: A mini review |
title | Photoacoustic imaging of the eye: A mini review |
title_full | Photoacoustic imaging of the eye: A mini review |
title_fullStr | Photoacoustic imaging of the eye: A mini review |
title_full_unstemmed | Photoacoustic imaging of the eye: A mini review |
title_short | Photoacoustic imaging of the eye: A mini review |
title_sort | photoacoustic imaging of the eye: a mini review |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5063360/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27761410 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pacs.2016.05.001 |
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