Overview
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Charles J. Pavlin
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Department of Ophthalmology Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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FS Foster
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Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Basic Considerations
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- Charles J. Pavlin, FS Foster
Pages 3-16
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- Charles J. Pavlin, FS Foster
Pages 17-29
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- Charles J. Pavlin, FS Foster
Pages 30-46
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- Charles J. Pavlin, FS Foster
Pages 47-60
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Ultrasound Biomicroscopy of Ocular disease
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- Charles J. Pavlin, FS Foster
Pages 63-97
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- Charles J. Pavlin, FS Foster
Pages 98-139
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- Charles J. Pavlin, FS Foster
Pages 140-154
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- Charles J. Pavlin, FS Foster
Pages 155-169
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- Charles J. Pavlin, FS Foster
Pages 170-181
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- Charles J. Pavlin, FS Foster
Pages 182-195
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- Charles J. Pavlin, FS Foster
Pages 196-208
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Back Matter
Pages 209-214
About this book
The history of the use of ultrasound in medicine has been one of evolution of technology and innovative methods of applying this technology to imaging body structures. Many scientists and clinicians have contributed to this evolution. Ophthalmic ultrasound has become an indispensible tool in ophthalmic practice, with its own instrumentation and techniques. Ultrasound frequencies used in ophthalmology have generally been higher than those used in general medicine because of a requirement for higher resolution and a lesser need for deep penetration. Most ophthalmic diagnostic equipment uses frequencies in the 10 MHz range. The use of ultrasound frequencies in the 50-100 MHz range is a relatively new development in ultrasound imaging of the eye. This technique has been developed in our laboratories over the past several years. We have progressed from the theoretical description of the basic science required, past the first in-vitro experiments in eye bank eyes, to the construction of an instrument capable of clinical application. We have gained broad clinical experience with this instrument in normal patients and patients with ocular disease. A commercial instrument based on our original clinical scanner has recently become available, allowing other clinicians to apply this tool to ophthalmic research and clinical practice. We have applied the term ultrasound biomicroscopy to this new imaging technique because of similarities to optical biomicroscopy, i. e. , the observation of living tissue at microscopic resolution.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Ophthalmology Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Charles J. Pavlin
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Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
FS Foster
