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In vivo imaging of posterior capsule opacification using Spectral Optical Coherence Tomography.

Kaluzny BJ, Szkulmowska A, Kaluzny JJ, Bajraszewski T, Szkulmowski M, Kowalczyk A, Wojtkowski M

Department of Ophthalmology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolas Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland. bartka@by.onet.pl

Three years after uneventful extracapsular cataract extraction with implantation of a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) intraocular lens (IOL) (MZ60BD, Alcon) in a 74-year-old man, the anterior segment of the right eye was photographed with a Canon EOS 300D digital camera and examined with a slitlamp and a prototype spectral optical coherence tomography (SOCT) instrument. Subsequently, a neodymium:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy was performed, followed by another examination. The quality of the SOCT images was adequate for detailed cross-sectional evaluation of the IOL, posterior capsule opacification (PCO), and morphological changes after laser capsulotomy. En face contour maps of PCO distribution were created from 3-dimensional SOCT data. The results presented indicate future applicability of SOCT technology in evaluating modern IOL designs and investigating the process of PCO formation.

Published 3 November 2006 in J Cataract Refract Surg, 32(11): 1892-5.
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