Table 1.
Technology | Application | In vivo ophthalmic human demonstration | Commercially available clinical system | Clinical or research focus |
---|---|---|---|---|
OCT angiography | Vascular imaging | Yes | Yes | Clinical |
Polarization-sensitive OCT | Tissue depolarization and birefringence | Yes | No | Research |
Optical coherence elastography Phase-decorrelation OCT |
Tissue biomechanics | Yes | No | Research |
Photothermal OCT Pump-probe OCT |
Molecular contrast | No | No | Research |
OCT + Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy | Motion-tracking | Yes | Yes | Clinical |
Surgical visualization | Surgical imaging | Yes | Yes | Clinical |
Photoacoustic imaging | Vascular imaging | No | No | Research |
OCT, optical coherence tomography.