In vivo corneal confocal microscopy in diabetes: Where we are and where we can get

Figure 1 Acquisition of the images with in vivo corneal confocal microscopy. Patient is comfortably seated in front of the machine whilst the operator advances the scanning probe against the cornea with a joystick.

Figure 2 Corneal innervation evaluated by in vivo corneal confocal microscopy in a health subjects (A), in a subject affected by type 1 diabetes without cardiac autonomic neuropathy (B) and in a subject affected by type 1 diabetes with cardiac autonomic neuropathy (C). Nerve fiber density and length is reduced in people with type 1 diabetes and in those with cardiac autonomic neuropathy.