Purpose: Descemet's membrane (DM) remodeling is a key factor in the etiology of early-onset Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD). Although various mouse models have been developed to replicate major FECD phenotypes, including DM thickening, there is currently no imaging technique capable of evaluating changes in mice DM thickness in vivo. This work proposed a novel self-referenced optical coherence microscope (OCM) to longitudinally evaluate age-dependent and FECD-dependent changes in DM thickness in mice.

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