OPKO Optical Coherence Tomography (Canada)
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Purpose
For analysis of the retina (especially macula) and optic nerve.
Also for assessment of corneal thickness, Angle of the Anterior Chamber in Glaucoma, Localization of corneal pathologies, etc.
Advantages
- Cross sectional study of retina and optic nerve to near histological level possible.
- Non-contact. Employs light for analysis. No X-Ray or damaging rays.
- Can be done in undilated pupil, hence dilatation not necessary.
- Specialised tests like Micro-Perimetry possible.
- Reproducible.
- Easily archived and retrieved.
Procedure
- Patient is seated at the instrument and made comfortable.
- The subject is advised to focus on the fixation light.
- The instrument takes multiple cross sectional optical images and analyses with the available software and shows the images.
- This is matched to aged matched normogram and analyzed and the reports are made available.