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. 1999 Nov;83(11):1241–1245. doi: 10.1136/bjo.83.11.1241

Laser imaging of the retina

P SHARP 1, A MANIVANNAN 1, P VIEIRA 1, J HIPWELL 1
PMCID: PMC1722854  PMID: 10535848

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Parametric image in which the colour shows the time (in seconds) for the fluorescence to reach its maximum value. The patient has mild diabetic retinopathy.

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Upper image is a conventional fundus camera image of a patient with mild diabetic retinopathy. The lower image is the colour SLO picture of the same patient. Note that for the colour SLO image two separate images have been combined to give the requisite field of view.

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Three dimensional rendered topographic reconstruction of the retina through the optic disc.

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Patient with a macular hole. The top left is an SLO image of the fundus using an infrared laser; the top right shows a topographic image in which white indicates elevated areas; bottom left is a thickness image in which white indicates thicker areas; and bottom right is an indirect mode image.

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