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Spotlight on fundus autofluorescence
Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging is based on the fluorescence from ocular endogenous fluorophores located in the retinal pigment epithelium and choroid, mainly lipofuscin and melanin. It is a noninvasive technique that provides information about the spatial distribution of lipofuscin/melanin an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6095574/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30214339 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S134637 |
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author | Calvo-Maroto, Ana M Cerviño, Alejandro |
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description | Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging is based on the fluorescence from ocular endogenous fluorophores located in the retinal pigment epithelium and choroid, mainly lipofuscin and melanin. It is a noninvasive technique that provides information about the spatial distribution of lipofuscin/melanin and retinal pigment epithelium health status. An overview about the fluorophores responsible for FAF imaging and the usefulness of FAF imaging in the noninvasive assessment and monitoring of retinal diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, central serous chorioretinopthy, retinitis pigmentosa and retinal dystrophies, are discussed in this review. |
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spelling | pubmed-60955742018-09-13 Spotlight on fundus autofluorescence Calvo-Maroto, Ana M Cerviño, Alejandro Clin Optom (Auckl) Review Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging is based on the fluorescence from ocular endogenous fluorophores located in the retinal pigment epithelium and choroid, mainly lipofuscin and melanin. It is a noninvasive technique that provides information about the spatial distribution of lipofuscin/melanin and retinal pigment epithelium health status. An overview about the fluorophores responsible for FAF imaging and the usefulness of FAF imaging in the noninvasive assessment and monitoring of retinal diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, central serous chorioretinopthy, retinitis pigmentosa and retinal dystrophies, are discussed in this review. Dove Medical Press 2018-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6095574/ /pubmed/30214339 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S134637 Text en © 2018 Calvo-Maroto and Cerviño. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Review Calvo-Maroto, Ana M Cerviño, Alejandro Spotlight on fundus autofluorescence |
title | Spotlight on fundus autofluorescence |
title_full | Spotlight on fundus autofluorescence |
title_fullStr | Spotlight on fundus autofluorescence |
title_full_unstemmed | Spotlight on fundus autofluorescence |
title_short | Spotlight on fundus autofluorescence |
title_sort | spotlight on fundus autofluorescence |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6095574/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30214339 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S134637 |
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