An OCT, optical coherence tomography, allows the retina specialist to non-invasively detect changes in the retina commonly caused by diabetes or macular degeneration.
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OCT may detect pre-perimetric changes in glaucomatous eyes
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Optic nerve head microcirculation is reduced in glaucoma patients, a speaker said here.“Conventionally, OCT is used to measure structure with micron precision, and that has been very useful in terms of characterizing the structure of the optic nerve head, the nerve fiber layer and the ganglion cell complex,” David Huang, MD, PhD, said at Hawaiian Eye 2013. “We developed a technique where we decomposed the OCT image into several spectral bands and analyzed them separately and recombined them to enhance a signal of flow.”
OCT Device Added to Diabetes Screening List
Topcon has gained approval for its 3D OCT-2000 to be added to the list of devices approved by the English National Screening Programme for Diabetic Screening (ENSPDR). The device is Topcon’s latest camera integrating a Spectral Domain OCT, which anal…
Central Retinal Thickness Measured With HD-OCT Shows a Weak Correlation With Visual Acuity in Eyes With CSME
What is the connection between retinal thickness and visual acuity in patients with clinically significant macular edema and type 2 diabetes? The British Journal of Ophthalmology
Does SD-OCT Imaging Contribute to Better Outcomes in Cataract Surgery?
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In this video commentary, Dr. David Brown shares tips for using SD-OCT imaging in the perioperative period of cataract surgery to b…