Imaging/Diagnostics News

The use of OCT during a technology-based eye care services examination did not improve diagnostic accuracy for glaucoma or retinal diseases, according to a study.

Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of preventable blindness in working-aged adults. Risk factors for visually significant DR include duration of disease, poor glycemic control and hypertension.

An international panel of researchers with expertise in retinal imaging published newly defined consensus terminology for widefield and ultra-widefield imaging.

The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to the RightEye Vision System, an oculomotor test to help diagnose Parkinson’s disease, RightEye LLC announced in a press release.

NEW YORK — Swept-source OCT provides several clinical advantages over other techniques to evaluate biometry, according to a speaker here.

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An innovative imaging device that uses polarimetric interferometry to assess the orientation of collagen fibers within the corneal stroma may help detect some of the morphological changes that occur in the preclinical stages of keratoconus, allowing for early diagnosis and proactive treatment.

Easy-to-use automated OCT systems can enhance patient care in high-volume after-hours clinics when traditional scans are typically not available, according to a study.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — At the Kiawah Eye meeting here, Alan Kozarsky, MD, discusses the use of wide-field fundus imaging and the benefits he’s seen in his anterior segment practice.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Yoshihiko Katayama, PhD, of Heidelberg Engineering, discusses the company’s Xtreme Research Award, which was awarded to two ophthalmologists working in fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy, at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.