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Fundus Imaging in Wide-Field: A Brief Historical Journey

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Our ability to visualize has often limited our ability to conceptualize, in medicine as well as technology, science, and mathematics. Before we were able to see the retina, our perspective of ocular disease was largely confined to disorders of the anterior segment, such as strabismus, corneal disease, conjunctivitis, and cataracts. Our understanding of blindness and amaurosis was hidden behind the seemingly impenetrable pupillary curtain.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

    Ella H. Leung MD

  2. Retinal Services, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Richard Rosen MD

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  1. Vitreoretinal Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Igor Kozak

  2. Retina Div., Wilmer Eye Inst., The Johns, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medi. Center, Baltimore, USA

    J. Fernando Arevalo

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Leung, E.H., Rosen, R. (2016). Fundus Imaging in Wide-Field: A Brief Historical Journey. In: Kozak, I., Arevalo, J. (eds) Atlas of Wide-Field Retinal Angiography and Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17864-6_1

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