The term biomicroscopy entered ophthalmology in the early 20th century with the revolutionary slit lamp, which brought microscopic examination to the living eye without tissue removal. For decades, biomicroscopy meant slit-lamp examination of the anterior segment. However, as imaging technologies such as ultrasound, confocal microscopy, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) advanced, the term expanded to encompass any microscopic observation of living tissues.
What Does Biomicroscopy Mean?
Busin, Massimo;Ponzin, Diego
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2026
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The term biomicroscopy entered ophthalmology in the early 20th century with the revolutionary slit lamp, which brought microscopic examination to the living eye without tissue removal. For decades, biomicroscopy meant slit-lamp examination of the anterior segment. However, as imaging technologies such as ultrasound, confocal microscopy, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) advanced, the term expanded to encompass any microscopic observation of living tissues.File in questo prodotto:
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