How dry can it get? the use of anterior segment optical coherence tomography in the research and management of dry eye.

• Main Author: Lee, Man Xin.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Optical instruments
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44741
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Dry eye is a condition that has significant morbidity. While there exists a myriad of diagnostic tests to monitor dry eye, most of them do not correlate with each other or have poor repeatability. Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography (AS-OCT), an instrument that can measure tear meniscus he...