Advanced Diagnostic Approaches in Uveitis and Inflammatory Vitreoretinal Diseases
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 51
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Uveitis and inflammatory vitreoretinal disorders represent a heterogeneous group of diseases that continue to challenge clinicians due to their complex etiologies, overlapping phenotypes, and variable clinical presentations. Rapid advances in imaging technologies and molecular diagnostics have revolutionized our ability to detect, monitor, and characterize intraocular inflammation. These developments offer unprecedented opportunities to improve the precision and timeliness of diagnosis, guide personalized therapy, and enhance patient outcomes.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, “Advanced Diagnostic Approaches in Uveitis and Inflammatory Vitreoretinal Diseases”, which aims to highlight current and emerging diagnostic strategies in this field. This topic aligns with the scope of Diagnostics, emphasizing translational advances and innovative technologies that enhance diagnostic accuracy in intraocular inflammatory disease.
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles, clinical studies, and comprehensive reviews addressing imaging, molecular, and integrated diagnostic approaches. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Imaging Diagnostics: OCT and OCTA biomarkers of inflammatory activity, choroidal flow metrics, and multimodal imaging approaches—including fundus autofluorescence, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography, ultra-widefield, and adaptive optics imaging—in uveitis.
- Molecular and Cellular Diagnostics: Cytokine profiling, proteomics, metabolomics, flow cytometric immunophenotyping, microbiome analysis, and next-generation sequencing of intraocular fluids.
- Integrative and Novel Approaches: AI-based image analysis, multimodal data fusion, intraoperative imaging innovations, and validation of diagnostic algorithms.
- Clinical Applications: Early diagnosis of masquerade syndromes, imaging-guided therapeutic monitoring, and real-world diagnostic workflows in complex uveitis.
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions that will advance our understanding of diagnostic innovations in inflammatory vitreoretinal diseases.
Dr. Dimitrios Kalogeropoulos
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- uveitis
- inflammatory retinal disease
- multimodal imaging
- OCTA
- imaging biomarkers
- vitreous diagnostics
- aqueous humor analysis
- cytokine profiling
- intraocular inflammation
- infectious and non-infectious uveitis
- AI in imaging
- personalized diagnostics
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