What Does Biomicroscopy Mean?
T he 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.
Authors
- Jesper Hjortdal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1309-8006)
- Massimo Busin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3635-3521)
- Raluca Bievel Radulescu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6810-1666)
- Jacinto Sánchez Ibáñez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7232-8580)
- Diego Ponzin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6038-3977)
- Gilles Thuret
Institutions
- Universidade da Coruña (ES)
- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (RO)
- University of Ferrara (IT)
- Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
- Veneto Eye Bank Foundation (IT)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cornea
- Published
- 2025-10-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ico.0000000000004009
- Primary Topic
- Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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