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5 March 2021 Tracking inner retinal changes associated with glaucoma progression with AO-OCT
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Abstract
Glaucoma causes progressive loss and degeneration of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons and their somas. Until recently, cellular-level RGC imaging in live human subjects was not possible. Our initial cross-sectional study revealed differences in morphological parameters in ganglion cell layer (GCL) soma with glaucoma. The manner in which cellular-level morphology is altered during glaucoma progression has yet to be discovered. In this study, we used AO-OCT to track RGC morphology in one glaucoma patient with a hemifield defect. We found dynamic tissue remodeling in the GCL, resulting in a decrease in soma density and an increase in soma size.
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Zhuolin Liu "Tracking inner retinal changes associated with glaucoma progression with AO-OCT", Proc. SPIE 11623, Ophthalmic Technologies XXXI, 116230X (5 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2582639
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KEYWORDS
Adaptive optics optical coherence tomography

Axons

Human subjects

In vivo imaging

Optical coherence tomography

Tissues

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