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Normal Ultrasound Biomicroscopy

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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, Post Graduate Institution of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, 160012, Chandigarh, India

    Savleen Kaur & Ramandeep Singh

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  1. Advanced Eye Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

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

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P Herbort Jr.

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Kaur, S., Singh, R. (2016). Normal Ultrasound Biomicroscopy. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Herbort Jr., C. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_9-1

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