A novel technique of contrast-enhanced optical coherence tomography imaging in evaluation of clearance of lipids in human tears.

PURPOSE: The aim of this work was to gather preliminary data in different conditions of healthy eyes, aqueous tear deficient dry eyes, obstructive meibomian gland disease (MGD) and non-obvious obstructive MGD (NOMGD) individuals, using a new, contrast-enhanced optical coherence tomography (OCT) imag...

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Main Authors: Pietro Emanuele Napoli, Franco Coronella, Giovanni Maria Satta, Maurizio Fossarello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4219675?pdf=render