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Ultra-widefield imaging visualizes DR outside ETDRS standard fields
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Developments in widefield imaging continue to progress at a rapid pace and the technology may have a place in detecting and staging diabetic retinopathy, according to a speaker here.Historically, diabetic retinopathy severity has been staged based on ETDRS seven standard fields; however, recent pilot studies that looked beyond those fields using ultra-widefield imaging found patients with peripheral lesions were at increased risk for progression to proliferative diabetic retinopathy, SriniVas R. Sadda, MD, told colleagues at Retina 2016.