Confocal endomicroscopy is a recently developed endoscopic technology that allows for histological analysis of tissue in vivo. Conventional endoscopy involves identifying lesions grossly followed by biopsy for histological analysis. Confocal endomicroscopy allows for the performance of real time biopsy during endoscopy by observation of the mucosal layer of the gastrointestinal tract at the cel...

A confocal microscope creates sharp images of a specimen that would otherwise appear blurred when viewed with a conventional microscope. This is achieved by excluding most of the light from the specimen that is not from the microscope’s focal plane. The image has less haze and better contrast than that of a conventional microscope and represents a thin cross-section of the specimen. Thus, apart...

The confocal microscope, based on the principle of confocal imaging, is a recently introduced and invaluable tool for high-resolution fluorescence microscopy. It has gained popularity in the scientific and industrial communities since its inception. Although the application of confocal microscopes in dentistry started as early as 1994, the practical usage of this device in our country is just g...

background  to report normal variations of the limbal structures using in vivo laser scanning confocal microscopy. methods: this was a retrospective study of fourteen eyes from 11 healthy individuals. confocal imaging of cornea and limbus was performed using heidelberg retina tomograph iii rostock corneal module. results: the typical structure of the palisades of vogt (pov) was detected in 57% ...

purpose: to determine the prevalence and genotype of acanthamoeba keratitis (ak) in patients referred to farabi referral eye center methods: in this study, corneal scraping specimens that obtained from keratitis patients examined for acanthamoeba and its genotype identifications. direct smears, cultivation in non-nutrient agar (nna) followed by pcr were chosen as the basic diagnostic methods. t...

purpose: to report 3 cases of nocardia keratitis following photorefractive keratectomy (prk). report of outbreak: four eyes of 3 patients (2 female and one male) who had undergone prk by a single surgeon at a single center developed nocardia keartitis 3 to 6 weeks postoperatively. mean age was 25 (range 23-28) years and mean onset of corneal manifestations was 29 (range 21-40) days after prk. c...

background: the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the in vitro biofi lm forming capacity of enterococcus faecalis on gutta-percha points disinfected with four disinfectants. materials and methods: a total of 50 gutta-percha points used in this study were divided into four test groups based on disinfectant (5.25% sodium hypochlorite, 2% chlorhexidine gluconate, 20% neem, 13% benzalko...