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HRT II provides useful information for evaluating maculopathy
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The retina module of the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II can provide useful morphological and structural change information for evaluating diabetic and non-diabetic maculopathies, said Robert W. Dunphy, OD.
Dr. Dunphy presented results of his clinical evaluations of the HRT II at the International Society for Imaging in the Eye meeting here. He compared the retina module of the HRT II to other imaging modalities to evaluate macular disorders.
“We know that the HRT II is a confocal scanning laser tomographer that generates retinal surface information when it makes a contact with the retinal surface,” he said.
The retinal module of the HRT II was applied to a sample of patients who had diabetic and non-diabetic maculopathies.
“Findings were correlated with Stratus OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec) and digital fundus fluorescein angiography in selected cases,” Dr. Dunphy said.
Evaluations of the HRT II scan show topographic and intraretinal features that correlated well with ocular coherence tomography images and fluorescein angiography, Dr. Dunphy said.