Abstract:

Imaging technique is significant in studying amblyopia, which mainly includes MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), MEG (magnetoencephalography), SPECT(single photon emission computed tomography), PET (positron emission tomography), fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), DTI (diffusion tensor imaging), SLP (scanning laser polarimetry), OCT (optical coherence tomography), and so on. In recent years, studys on amblyopia based on imaging technique methods have achieved plenty of new findings.To review the progress of clinical imaging technique on amblyopia, study results from pertinent literatures are summed up and discussed in this paper, which does not only summarize the definition, the mechanisms and the meaning of these indexes in the relevant research progress in recent years, but also makes a comment on the advantages and the disadvantages of MRI, MEG, SPECT, PET, fMRI, DTI, SLP and OCT. (Int Rev Ophthalmol, 2016, 40: 420-425)