Handbook of Pediatric Retinal OCT and the Eye-Brain Connection

<p>Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) plays <b>a vital role in pediatric retina diagnosis</b>, often revealing unrecognized retinal disorders and connections to brain injury, disease, and delayed neurodevelopment. <i>Handbook of Pediatric Retinal OCT and the Eye-Brain Connection</i> provides <b>authoritative, up-to-date guidance in this promising area</b>, showing how to optimize imaging in young children and infants, how to accurately interpret these images, and how to identify links between these images and brain and developmental disorders.</p><ul> <li>Illustrates <b>optimal methods of OCT imaging of children and infants</b>, how to avoid pitfalls, and how to recognize and avoid artifacts</li> <p> <li>Explains <b>how the OCT image may relate to brain disease</b> and delayed neurodevelopment</li> <p> <li>Features <b>more than 200 high-quality images and scans</b> that depict the full range of disease in infants and young children</li> <p> <li>Provides guidance in <b>identifying retinal layers and important abnormalities</b>.</li> <p> <li>Covers the <b>structural features of the retina and optic nerve head</b> in developmental, acquired, or inherited conditions that affect the eye and visual pathways</li> <p> <li>Offers <b>practical ways to set up imaging programs</b> in the clinic, operating room, or neonatal nursery</li> <b> <p> <li>Enhanced eBook version included with purchase</b>, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices</li> </ul>