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Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy developed as a method to view a distinct layer of the living eye at the microscopic level. The use of confocal methods to diminish extra light by focusing detected light through a small pinhole made possible the imaging of individual layers of the retina with greater distinction than ever before. [4]
The Heidelberg Retinal Tomography is a diagnostic procedure used in ophthalmology.The Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) is an ophthalmological confocal point scanning laser ophthalmoscope [1] for examining the cornea and certain areas of the retina using different diagnostic modules (HRT retina, HRT cornea, HRT glaucoma).
The idea for retinal identification was first conceived by Carleton Simon and Isadore Goldstein and was published in the New York State Journal of Medicine in 1935. [5] The idea was ahead of its time, but once technology caught up, the concept for a retinal scanning device emerged in 1975.
Optomap is a common diagnostic tool in recognizing a choroidal nevus from a melanoma. [14] It takes an image of the nevus or melanoma using two different lasers - which are red and green. [14] When using the green laser to view the retina, a nevus would be invisible while a melanoma would be visible. [14]
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