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Clinical Applications and Advantages of Swept Source OCT

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The Topcon DRI Triton is an optical coherence tomographer (OCT) with a built-in color fundus camera. It utilizes swept source technology and has a central wavelength of 1050 nm. The scanning speed is 100 kHz and the depth resolution is 8 μ. It provides high-speed, high-resolution B-scans of the anterior and posterior segments of the human eye. It also provides 3D volumetric cubes that can be viewed in cross-sectional or in an en face format. Thickness maps are automatically generated for various retinal layers including: (1) full retinal thickness; (2) retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL); (3) ganglion cell layer (GCL) plus the inner-plexiform layer (IPL); (4) RNFL plus GCL plus IPL; and (5) choroid layer. Due to the rapid speed of scanning, large areas of the retina can be imaged in a single scan including 3D scans covering areas as large as 12 × 9 mm, which includes both the macula and optic disc regions.

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  1. Vitreous Retina Macula Specialists of Toronto, Etobicoke, ON, Canada

    Netan Choudhry

  2. Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Netan Choudhry

  3. Chief Clinical Affairs, R and D Planning Division, Topcon Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

    Michael J. Sinai

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  1. Jasne Blonia Ophthalmic Clinic, Lodz, Poland

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    Jerzy Nawrocki

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Choudhry, N., Sinai, M.J. (2017). Clinical Applications and Advantages of Swept Source OCT. In: Michalewska, Z., Nawrocki, J. (eds) Atlas of Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49840-9_2

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