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Ultrasound Biomicroscopy and its Clinical Applications

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The ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) allows quantitative and qualitative assessment of the anterior segment. It helps us obtain cross sections for morphological assessment of the subsurface of the eye and establish diagnosis in cases where biopsy is precluded. The standard UBM operates at 50 MHz provides lateral and axial physical resolutions of approximately 50 μm and 25 μm, respectively with a depth of penetration of 4–5mm. While dealing in cases with uveitis, one must learn to examine the iris, ciliary body, pars plana and peripheral retina. The chapter describes normal appearance of structures on UBM, relevant to uveitic pathology.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Advanced Eye Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

    Savleen Kaur & Ramandeep Singh

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  1. Advanced Eye Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Spencer Center for Vision Research, Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital Sorbonne University, Paris, France

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. Advanced Eye Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

    Aniruddha Agarwal

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Kaur, S., Singh, R. (2020). Ultrasound Biomicroscopy and its Clinical Applications. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Agarwal, A. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2410-5_9

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