Using two deformable minors and a customized achromatizing lens, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have greatly improved the resolution of ophthalmic optical coherence tomography (OCT), a mainstay in the clinical treatment of retinal and optic nerve diseases. The instrument, which is only in the research stages at present, could offer clinicians the ability to detect and treat eye disease long before they can with existing technology.
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