Imaging in Ophthalmology—Volume II

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Ophthalmology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 972

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1. Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, Ophthalmology Clinic, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
2. Department of Eye and Vision Science, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Interests: cornea transplantation; keratoconus; endothelial dystrophy; imaging; cataract; refractive surgery; pterygium
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Interests: vitreoretinal surgery; vitreoretinal interface; cataract, diabetic retinopathy; retinal vascular diseases
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Ophthalmic imaging tools currently play a fundamental role in the clinical assessment, diagnosis, management, and monitoring of a wide variety of conditions involving both the anterior and posterior segment. The introduction and development of imaging technologies, including anterior and posterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT), OCT angiography, retinal photography, specular and confocal microscopy, corneal topography, and ocular ultrasound, has dramatically improved the morphological and functional evaluation of ocular structures. Moreover, the use of multimodal imaging has led to the identification of biomarkers and predictors for high-incidence ocular and neurological disorders.

We recently released a Special Issue titled “Imaging in Ophthalmology—Volume I" with a good collection of papers available online, accessed at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/special_issues/ophthalmic_imaging. Now, we would like to announce the second Special Issue, which aims to collect the latest approaches and findings as well as clinical studies where ophthalmic imaging represents a fundamental part of patients’ management (diagnosis, surgical planning, postoperative outcomes), including original studies as well as reviews on principles, clinical and intraoperative applications, updates, and potential future advances of ophthalmic imaging tools/methods, applications, and potential developments.

Authors should submit articles on themes including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Ophthalmic imaging;
  • Corneal topography;
  • Scheimpflug imaging;
  • Specular microscopy;
  • Confocal microscopy;
  • Optical coherence tomography (OCT);
  • Enface OCT;
  • OCT angiography;
  • Intraoperative OCT;
  • Multimodal imaging;
  • Fluorescein angiography;
  • Indocyanine green angiography;
  • Fundus autofluorescence imaging;
  • (Ultra)-wide field retinal imaging;
  • Retinal photography;
  • Artificial intelligence;
  • Adaptive optics;
  • Optic nerve imaging;
  • Ocular ultrasound.

Dr. Vito Romano
Dr. Mariantonia Ferrara
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • anterior segment imaging
  • artificial intelligence
  • glaucoma imaging
  • multimodal imaging
  • ophthalmic imaging
  • optical coherence tomography
  • posterior segment imaging
  • retinal biomarkers

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Scheimpflug Corneal Densitometry Patterns at the Graft–Host Interface in DMEK and DSAEK: A 12-Month Longitudinal Comparative Study
by Antonio Ballesteros-Sánchez, Jorge Peraza-Nieves, Anna Casablanca-Piñera, Marina Rodríguez-Calvo-De-Mora, Saray Catalán-Coronado, Josep Torras-Sanvicens, Davide Borroni, José-María Sánchez-González and Carlos Rocha-De-Lossada
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(22), 7133; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12227133 - 16 Nov 2023
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Background: To compare corneal densitometry (CD) patterns at the graft–host interface between Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) and Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK). Corneal densitometry is a quantitative assessment that objectively evaluates corneal clarity and optical quality by measuring the light backscatter [...] Read more.
Background: To compare corneal densitometry (CD) patterns at the graft–host interface between Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) and Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK). Corneal densitometry is a quantitative assessment that objectively evaluates corneal clarity and optical quality by measuring the light backscatter from the cornea. Methods: Fifty-one eyes that received DMEK or DSAEK surgery for corneal endothelium dysfunction were evaluated. The primary endpoint included CD patterns at the graft–host interface, which were assessed by the Pentacam HR device at the center point of the corneal horizontal meridian (CDcentral), and at six points on the central circumference of the cornea (with a total diameter of 4 mm) (CDI,II,III,IV,V,VI). Secondary endpoints included the best-corrected distance visual acuity (BCDVA), central corneal thickness (CCT), and graft thickness (GT). All of the evaluations were performed at follow-up appointments one, three, six and twelve months after the procedure. Results: DMEK showed a significant overall CD reduction of −7.9 ± 8.5 grayscale unit (GSU) compared to DSAEK (p < 0.001). In addition, the DMEK group showed significantly lower CDCentral,I,II,III,IV,V,VI values at follow-up appointments one, three, six and twelve months after the procedure compared to the DSAEK group (p < 0.001). BCDVA, CCT and GT were in favor of the DMEK group with a mean value of 0.39 ± 0.35 LogMar, 552.2 ± 71.1 µm and 11.03 ± 1.4 µm, respectively (p < 0.001). Conclusions: CD patterns at the graft–host interface seem to be different depending on the endothelial keratoplasty procedure. This provides specific insight into CD changes in this critical region of surgery, which may provide a better understanding of the postoperative evolution of these patients. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Imaging in Ophthalmology—Volume II)
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