Ophthalmology

Researchers at Chinese University of Hong Kong release new data on ophthalmology

Published in Medical Imaging Week, June 28th, 2008

In this recently published article, scientists in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China conducted a study "To evaluate the repeatability and reproducibility of central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements obtained by 2 anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging systems and to examine their agreements with ultrasound pachymetry. Observational cross-sectional study."

"Fifty eyes from 50 healthy normal subjects were recruited. In one randomly selected eye in each subject, CCT was measured by slit-lamp OCT (SLOCT), Visante OCT, and ultrasound pachymetry. For anterior segment OCT measurements, both automatic and manual CCTs were obtained. Twenty-five of the...

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Source: Medical Imaging Week (2008-06-28)

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