Retinal imaging in infants

Surv Ophthalmol. 2021 Nov-Dec;66(6):933-950. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2021.01.011. Epub 2021 Jan 29.

Abstract

Digital retinal imaging is at the core of a revolution that is continually improving the screening, diagnosis, documentation, monitoring, and treatment of infant retinal diseases. Historically, imaging the retina of infants had been limited and difficult to obtain. Recent advances in photographic instrumentation have significantly improved the ability to obtain high quality multimodal images of the infant retina. These include color fundus photography with different camera angles, ultrasonography, fundus fluorescein angiography, optical coherence tomography, and optical coherence tomography angiography. We provide a summary of the current literature on retinal imaging in infants and highlight areas where further research is required.

Keywords: Color fundus photography (CFP); Fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA); Narrow-field; Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A); Retinal imaging; Retinal imaging in infants; Ultra-widefield; Wide-angle; Wide-field.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Fluorescein Angiography / methods
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Retina* / diagnostic imaging
  • Retinal Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods