Ultrahigh speed optical coherence tomography : New developments for ophthalmic imaging

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging technique providing depthresolved, cross-sectional imaging of biological tissues with micrometer scale resolution. Recent advances in sensitivity and imaging speed have enabled the acquisition of three dimensional (3D) data sets. In ophthalmology, OCT has become an indispensible imaging tool for diagnosis of disease and monitoring therapy. While OCT technology is established in daily ophthalmic clinical use, research groups in the international scientific community are developing new OCT methods and pushing the limits of resolution and imaging speed. In this article, advances in the field of ultrahigh speed OCT and their applications to ophthalmic imaging are presented.