scholarly journals Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography Using the RESCAN 700: Preliminary Results in Collagen Crosslinking

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Pahuja ◽  
Rohit Shetty ◽  
Chaitra Jayadev ◽  
Rudy Nuijts ◽  
Bharath Hedge ◽  
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Purpose. To compare the penetration of riboflavin using a microscope-integrated real time spectral domain optical coherence tomography (ZEISS OPMI LUMERA 700 and ZEISS RESCAN 700) in keratoconus patients undergoing accelerated collagen crosslinking (ACXL) between epithelium on (epi-on) and epithelium off (epi-off).Methods. Intraoperative images were obtained during each of the procedures. Seven keratoconus patients underwent epi-on ACXL and four underwent epi-off ACXL. A software tool was developed using Microsoft.NET and Open Computer Vision (OpenCV) libraries for image analysis. Pre- and postprocedure images were analyzed for changes in the corneal hyperreflectance pattern as a measure of the depth of riboflavin penetration.Results. The mean corneal hyperreflectance in the epi-on group was 12.97 ± 1.49 gray scale units (GSU) before instillation of riboflavin and 14.46 ± 2.09 GSU after AXCL (P= 0.019) while in the epi-off group it was 11.43 ± 2.68 GSU and 16.98 ± 8.49 GSU, respectively (P= 0.002). The average depth of the band of hyperreflectance in the epi-on group was 149.39 ± 15.63 microns and in the epi-off group it was 191.04 ± 32.18 microns.Conclusion. This novelin vivo, real time imaging study demonstrates riboflavin penetration during epi-on and epi-off ACXL.

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeewan S. Titiyal ◽  
Manpreet Kaur ◽  
Suman Sahu ◽  
Namrata Sharma ◽  
Rajesh Sinha

Purpose To assess the intraoperative vaulting in patients undergoing implantable collamer lens (ICL) implantation with microscope-integrated intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT) and correlate it with the postoperative vaulting. Methods Forty eyes of 22 consecutive patients undergoing ICL implantation were prospectively evaluated. Vaulting was measured intraoperatively using microscope-integrated iOCT. The ICL-lenticular relationship was dynamically assessed throughout the surgery. Postoperative vaulting was measured using anterior segment optical coherence tomography on the first postoperative day and after 1 month and compared with the intraoperative vaulting. Uncorrected and best-corrected Snellen visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP), and anterior and posterior segments were assessed in all cases. Results The mean central vaulting noted intraoperatively was 558.4 ± 122.8 µm. Postoperative mean vaulting was 576.0 ± 131.2 µm on day 1 and 551.1 ± 122.5 µm on day 30. There was a significant correlation between the intraoperative and the postoperative day 1 vaulting (paired samples correlation: 0.969, p<0.001) and day 30 vaulting (paired samples correlation: 0.945, p<0.001). An ICL-lenticular touch was not noted at any time during the surgery. The postoperative course was uneventful and no patient developed raised IOP or lenticular changes by the last follow-up. Conclusions Intraoperative vaulting correlates well with postoperative vaulting and can aid in on-table detection of extremes of vaulting and decision-making. It enhances the safety of the surgical procedure by providing a real-time display of the intraoperative manipulations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenchen Ren ◽  
Xianxu Zeng ◽  
Zhongna Shi ◽  
Chunyan Wang ◽  
Huifen Wang ◽  
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AbstractIn this prospective study of an in-vivo cervical examination using optical coherence tomography (OCT), we evaluated the diagnostic value of non-invasive and real-time OCT in cervical precancerous lesions and cancer diagnosis, and determined the characteristics of OCT images. 733 patients from 5 Chinese hospitals were inspected with OCT and colposcopy-directed biopsy. The OCT images were compared with the histological sections to find out the characteristics of various categories of lesions. The OCT images were also interpreted by 3 investigators to make a 2-class classification, and the results were compared against the pathological results. Various structures of the cervical tissue were clearly observed in OCT images, which matched well with the corresponding histological sections. The OCT diagnosis results delivered a sensitivity of 87.0% (95% confidence interval, CI 82.2–90.7%), a specificity of 84.1% (95% CI 80.3–87.2%), and an overall accuracy of 85.1%. Both good consistency of OCT images and histological images and satisfactory diagnosis results were provided by OCT. Due to its features of non-invasion, real-time, and accuracy, OCT is valuable for the in-vivo evaluation of cervical lesions and has the potential to be one of the routine cervical diagnosis methods.


2003 ◽  
Vol 28 (19) ◽  
pp. 1745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Wojtkowski ◽  
Tomasz Bajraszewski ◽  
Piotr Targowski ◽  
Andrzej Kowalczyk

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woonggyu Jung ◽  
Stephen A. Boppart

In pathology, histological examination of the “gold standard” to diagnose various diseases. It has contributed significantly toward identifying the abnormalities in tissues and cells, but has inherent drawbacks when used for fast and accurate diagnosis. These limitations include the lack ofin vivoobservation in real time and sampling errors due to limited number and area coverage of tissue sections. Its diagnostic yield also varies depending on the ability of the physician and the effectiveness of any image guidance technique that may be used for tissue screening during excisional biopsy. In order to overcome these current limitations of histology-based diagnostics, there are significant needs for either complementary or alternative imaging techniques which perform non-destructive, high resolution, and rapid tissue screening. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an emerging imaging modality which allows real-time cross-sectional imaging with high resolutions that approach those of histology. OCT could be a very promising technique which has the potential to be used as an adjunct to histological tissue observation when it is not practical to take specimens for histological processing, when large areas of tissue need investigating, or when rapid microscopic imaging is needed. This review will describe the use of OCT as an image guidance tool for fast tissue screening and directed histological tissue sectioning in pathology.


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