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Clinical Applications in Medical Practice

  • Daiva Paulaviciute-Baikstiene
  • Renata Vaiciuliene
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Abstract

Imaging technologies, such as AS-OCT and UBM, are becoming essential tools for the better diagnosis and management of glaucoma. These devices provide precise visualisation and objective assessment of iridocorneal angle structures and the morphological analysis of filtering bleb that can help to reveal certain features and thereby predict the functional outcome before and after invasive and non-invasive surgery. Anterior segment imaging can explain the reasons whereby this procedure is unsuccessful.

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  • Daiva Paulaviciute-Baikstiene
    • 1
  • Renata Vaiciuliene
    • 1
  1. 1.Lithuanian University of Health SciencesKaunasLithuania

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