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Innovative advances in optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging facilitate precise exploration and monitoring of macular structures in glaucoma patients. Measurement of ganglion cell layer (GCL) and inner plexiform layer (IPL) thicknesses in the macula provides excellent diagnostic ability for glaucoma comparable to that of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) measurement. The thickness and deviation maps provided by OCT devices broadened our understanding of the patterns and temporal relationships of glaucomatous damage in the macular and peripapillary areas. This technology has enhanced the topographical analysis of structural damage to the macula and corresponding changes in the peripapillary region. The macular parameters can facilitate early detection of glaucomatous damage and discriminate meaningful progression in advanced as well as early stages of glaucoma. This chapter provides information from the basics to the latest updates on macular imaging in the field of glaucoma along with relevant clinical cases.

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Park, K.H., Kim, Y.W. (2021). Macular Imaging. In: Park, K.H., Kim, TW. (eds) OCT Imaging in Glaucoma. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1178-0_3

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