We present the first clinical uses of time-domain FF-OCT in Anterior eye. Four patients with different eye pathologies (keratoconus, Fuch's endothelial dystrophy, age-related changes, post-PRK surgery) were imaged as part of the routine clinical examination (10 min per patient). FF-OCT resolved micron–size pathologies: striae (mechanical folds of corneal stroma), guttata (excrescences in Descemet's membrane), loss of endothelial cells and stromal cuts following the surgery. High resolution (1.7 µm) makes FF-OCT a promising tool for diagnosis of diseases at earlier stages than was possible before and their effective treatment with medication instead of surgery.
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