News

• 24-30

  Oct

  

  Testing for Glaucoma: How to Test for Glaucoma

  Glaucoma is an eye disease that typically shows no symptoms in its early stages. Without treatment, however, it can progress to blindness. The positive news is that with regular eye exams, early detection, and treatment, vision can be preserved.

• 24-21

  Oct

  

  What is a Non-Mydriatic Retinal Camera?

  Many non-mydriatic cameras have software that automatically detects the posterior pole of the eye and takes a photograph when the back of the eye is in focus. Light in the infrared spectrum does not stimulate pupillary contraction.

• 24-17

  Sep

  

  What Does a Spot Vision Screener Test For?

  Spot is able to detect a variety of vision problems including nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. It can also detect unequal vision power (anisometropia), eye misalignment (amblyopia), unequal pupil size (anisocoria), and eye structure problems.

• 24-23

  Aug

  

  Retinal Imaging: How It Works and Why It's Important

  There are a few different types of retinal imaging that your eye doctor can use to examine your eye. They include optical coherence tomography (OCT), angiography, and fundus photography. Each of these methods has precise benefits to detecting certain problems in your eye.

• 24-15

  Aug

  

  What We Can See with Retinal and Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging

  The images taken by OCT are quite different than those taken by digital retinal imaging, but they are no less effective, and are used to detect different symptoms. What an OCT scan allows an optometrist to do is to observe the different layers of the retina.

• 24-13

  Aug

  

  What is the difference between OCT and fundus photography?

  Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and fundus photography are two imaging techniques used in ophthalmology to evaluate the health of the eye, particularly the retina.