Williams David R
Center for Visual Science, William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627-0270, United States.
Vision Res. 2011 Jul 1;51(13):1379-96. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2011.05.002. Epub 2011 May 10.
A quarter century ago, we were limited to a macroscopic view of the retina inside the living eye. Since then, new imaging technologies, including confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, optical coherence tomography, and adaptive optics fundus imaging, transformed the eye into a microscope in which individual cells can now be resolved noninvasively. These technologies have enabled a wide range of studies of the retina that were previously impossible.
四分之一个世纪以前，我们对活眼内视网膜的观察还局限于宏观层面。从那时起，包括共焦扫描激光检眼镜、光学相干断层扫描和自适应光学眼底成像在内的新型成像技术，将眼睛变成了一台显微镜，现在可以在不进行侵入性操作的情况下分辨出单个细胞。这些技术使得以前无法开展的一系列视网膜研究成为可能。
