Lens representation: High-frequency ultrasound (Lin 25 MHz) shows lens position, thickness, and the relationship between lens and adjacent structures, such as the angle, ciliary body, and zonula. It is a useful educational tool to show patients what the anterior segment looks like.
Ciliary body detachment and choroidal effusion: High-frequency ultrasound (Lin 25 MHz) shows the detached ciliary body and explains the chronic hypotension in this patient due to choroidal effusion combined with the detachment.
Limbar tumor: High-frequency ultrasound (Lin 50 MHz) shows how deep a tumor infiltrates the limbus and if it invades the sclera and corneal layers.
With Lin 50 MHz high-frequency probe surgeons can take all the important measurements in the anterior segment without distortion or reconstruction; for example, sulcus to sulcus, anterior chamber depth (anatomical or optical) corneal thickness as shown in this image.
Angle anatomy and iris thickness are also well defined with the Lin 50 MHz probe.
(Images courtesy of Mario Danilo de La Torre Estremadoyro, MD)