• Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
  • Vol. 2, Issue 1, 45 (2009)
CHIU-MEI HSUEH1, WEN LO1, SUNG-JAN LIN2、3, TSUNG-JEN WANG4, FUNG-RUNG HU5, HSIN-YUAN TAN6、7, and CHEN-YUAN DONG1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Physics National Taiwan University Taipei 106, Taiwan, China
  • 2Institute of Biomedical Engineering National Taiwan University Taipei 106, Taiwan, China
  • 3Department of Dermatology National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei 100, Taiwan, China
  • 4Department of Ophthalmology Taipei Medical University Hospital Taipei 100, Taiwan, China
  • 5Department of Ophthalmology National Taiwan University, College of Medicine and Hospital Taipei 100, Taiwan, China
  • 6Department of Ophthalmology Chang-Gung University Linko 333, Taiwan
  • 7Institute of Biomedical Engineering National Taiwan University Taipei 100, Taiwan, China
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    CHIU-MEI HSUEH, WEN LO, SUNG-JAN LIN, TSUNG-JEN WANG, FUNG-RUNG HU, HSIN-YUAN TAN, CHEN-YUAN DONG. MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY: A NEW APPROACHIN PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES AND PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS FOR OPHTHALMOLOGY[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2009, 2(1): 45 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Multiphoton microscopy (MPM), with the advantages of improved penetration depth, decreased photo-damage, and optical sectioning capability, has become an indispensable tool for biomedical imaging. The combination of multiphoton fluorescence (MF) and second-harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy is particularly effective in imaging tissue structures of the ocular surface. This work is intended to be a review of advances that MPM has made in ophthalmic imaging. The MPM not only can be used for the label-free imaging of ocular structures, it can also be applied for investigating the morphological alterations in corneal pathologies, such as keratoconus, infected keratitis, and corneal scar. Furthermore, the corneal wound healing process after refractive surgical procedures such as conductive keratoplasty (CK) can also be studied with MPM. Finally, qualitative and quantitative SHG microscopy is effective for characterizing corneal thermal denaturation. With additional development, multiphoton imaging has the potential to be developed into an effective imaging technique for in vivo studies and clinical diagnosis in ophthalmology.
    CHIU-MEI HSUEH, WEN LO, SUNG-JAN LIN, TSUNG-JEN WANG, FUNG-RUNG HU, HSIN-YUAN TAN, CHEN-YUAN DONG. MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY: A NEW APPROACHIN PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES AND PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS FOR OPHTHALMOLOGY[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2009, 2(1): 45
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