Table 1.
Imaging techniques, principal indications and applications in uveitis.
Imaging technique | Main indications | Common applications in uveitis |
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Optical coherence tomography | Macular and optic disk pathology | Macular edema, retinitis, choroiditis, vitreoretinal disorders |
Optical coherence tomography angiography | Retinal or choroidal vascular pathology | Retinal ischemia, retinitis, choroiditis, retinal and choroidal neovascularizations |
Ultrawidefield imaging | Vitreoretinal or choroidal pathology involving the periphery | Retinal vasculitis, intermediate and posterior uveitis |
Fundus autofluorescence | Retinal and retinal pigment epithelium pathology | Choroiditis, white-dot syndromes, masquerade syndromes |
Fluorescein angiography | Retinal vascular pathology | Retinal ischemia, retinal vasculitis, posterior uveitis, intermediate uveitis, macular edema, retinal and choroidal neovascularizations |
Indocyanine green angiography | Choroidal vascular pathology | Choroiditis, choroidal neovascularizations |