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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) images can provide quantitative measurements of the eye's entire anterior segment. A new technique founded on a newly proposed level set-based shape prior segmentation model has been developed for automatic segmentation of the cornea's anterior and posterior boundaries. This technique comprises three major steps: removal of regions containing irrelevant struct...

METHODS: Retrospective study which included patients examined using AS-OCT (HD-Cirrus) between June and December 2011. e following information was obtained: diagnosis, surgical procedure, AS-OCT image usefulness/quality, biomicroscopy photographs. Cases were classi ed into the following groups: 1. e AS-OCT provided a satisfactory image and provided additional information to that obtained by bio...

Description of Procedure or Service Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high resolution method of imaging the ocular structures. OCT for the anterior eye segment is being evaluated as a non-invasive diagnostic and screening tool for the detection of angle closure glaucoma, to assess corneal thickness and opacity, evaluate pre-surgical and postsurgical anterior chamber anatomy, calculate int...