Fundus Autofluorescence in Cone and Cone-Rod Dystrophies Michel Michaelides INTRODUCTION The cone dystrophies (COD) and cone-rod dystrophies (CORD) are a heterogeneous group of disorders in terms of both clinical features…
Fundus Autofluorescence in X-Linked Retinoschisis Irena Tsui Stephen H. Tsang X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS), also known as juvenile retinoschisis, is the most common cause of macular degeneration in young men (1,2),…
Fundus Autofluorescence in Retinitis Pigmentosa Anthony G. Robson Isabelle Audo Phil Hykin Andrew R. Webster Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by progressive retinal dysfunction affecting…
Fundus Autofluorescence in Atrophic Age-Related Macular Degeneration Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg Monika Fleckenstein Almut Bindewald-Wittich Hendrik P.N. Scholl Frank G. Holz Atrophic age-related macular degeneration (AMD) represents the late stage of “dry”…
Fundus Autofluorescence in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Ehab Abdelkader Vikki McBain Noemi Lois Neovascular or exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of visual loss in patients…
Fundus Autofluorescence in Age-Related Maculopathy Almut Bindewald-Wittich Robert P. Finger Frank G. Holz Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has become the most common cause of severe visual loss in industrialized countries…
The Normal Distribution of Fundus Autofluorescence Theodore R. Smith This chapter concentrates on the image of the normal fundus itself and its analysis. In particular, it first discusses images obtained…
Quantifying Fundus Autofluorescence Dietrich Schweitzer INTRODUCTION The investigation of endogenous fluorophores has the potential to aid in evaluating the metabolic status of tissues and thus detecting the early stages of…
Interpreting Fundus Autofluorescence Alan C. Bird Interpretation of autofluorescence (AF) images with illumination at 488 nm (standard AF image) is based on the principle that the majority of the signal…
Near-Infrared Fundus Autofluorescence Ulrich Kellner Simone Kellner Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) derived from lipofuscin and its major fluorophor, A2E, has developed into an important noninvasive imaging technique in the last decade….
