Una nuova tecnica per la misurazione dell’autofluorescenza del fondo oculare: modulo software per l’analisi quantitativa dell’autofluorescenza del fondo oculare

A new method of autofluorescence quantification: software module autofluorescence quantitative analysis. Age related macular disease (AMD) is now the leading cause of severe visual loss in all industrialized countries. It may be speculated that changes seen in FAF imaging on the RPE cell level precede the occurrence of visible lesions as the disease progresses. There is no an universally accepted standard method to quantification FAF. It should be remembered that AF measurements are relative and subject to degradation by the lens, rather than absolute values obtained spectroscopically. To make quantitative assessment of abnormal AF we planed a new method based on the quantification of grey variations between two images of AF, recorded in different period, in the same patients. Key words: autofluorescence quantification, age-related macular degeneration