Guide to OCT Interpretation
The information about retinal abnormalities that OCT provides (such as intraretinal edema, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) detachment, intraretinal and subretinal neovascular changes, vitreoretinal traction, etc.) has made this new tomographic technique increasingly useful for diagnostic purposes. OCT also serves as a complement to the angiographic examinations performed in the study of many retinal pathologies.
This short handbook, supplemented by simple illustrations, attempts to describe a logicai procedure for image interpretation, through the application of the well-known Cartesian approach consisting of analysis fcllowed by synthesis.
We hope that this work of ours will be received favorably by our colleagues.
Rosario Brancato and Bruno Lumbroso
We wish to thank A. Armeni, C. Azzolini, P Carpineta. S. Catalano, I… Mastropasqua, A. Pascarella, L. Pieno, G. Ripandelli, M. Pispoli, C. Scassa, M. Setaccioli, and G. Tremolada for valuable collaboration in the preparation of this work.
We also wish to thank Prof. Jay Duker ofTufts-New England Medicai Center; Boston, MA, for his help with the English translation.
We also wish to extend our gratitude and recognition to Michela Buonpensiero from Carl Zeiss S.p.A. for her help in the preparation of this book.