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16.07.2021 | Leitthema
Correlation of in vivo/ex vivo imaging of the posterior eye segment
Erschienen in: Die Ophthalmologie | Sonderheft 2/2021
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Background
For an understanding of the pathology of retinal diseases, direct comparisons of high-resolution in vivo retinal imaging and ex vivo histological preparations are desirable.
Material and methods
Multimodal in vivo and ex vivo imaging of a human donor eye with secondary alterations showing atrophic retina due to central retinal arterial occlusion. The subsequent correlation with the histological examination was carried out on identical tissue localizations.
Results
Appropriate custom-built retinal imaging devices facilitate in vivo and ex vivo correlations and the examination of human eye tissue and acquisition of retinal images, e.g. SD-OCT. The precise alignment of the tissue enables a histological analysis on identical sites.
Conclusion
The direct correlation of clinical in vivo imaging with ex vivo imaging including histopathology can further enhance our understanding in the pathogenesis of retinal diseases; however, the proposed method is currently limited due to restricted availability of human donor tissue.