I am planning to perform some steps to improve the ocular surgery visualisation. A binocular microscope is almost all we have now. Blurred cornea, cataract, intraocular bleeding and many reasons make us to fight for better insight.
Is anyone interested in ?
Hi,
1. http://www.zeiss.com.au/meditec/en_au/news/opmi-oct.html
2. http://ophthalmologytimes.modernmedicine.com/ophthalmologytimes/RC/advances-oct-enable-better-visualization-retina?page=full
3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1477587/
We should work on endoscopes or micro surgical instruments with in built illumination like choppers with illumination!!
Complicate cataract/ retinal cases with corneal edema and dense vitreous membrane cause a lot of difficulties during the surgery. Especially trauma cases with nontransparent eye media are difficult. Next surgery attempts with better conditions and visibility are more often.
There must be a way to overcome poor visibility through the blur ocular media..
Adaptive optics may be useful and enable subtraction techniques to obtain a clearer image
Thank you for all suggestions. An OCT image is very useful in transparent cornea/ lens/ vitreous cases. The " hi speed" OCT system in the surgical microscope will be necessary equipment for good result. Micro optical probes seem to be good exploring tool below the opaque barrier. Adaptive optics with subtraction techniques in ocular surgery is verily a challenge. If a (doubled) optical hardware connected with software capable to make corrected images fast enough showing " live video", it could be very interesting solution.
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