Hannes Zwarts Eye Care is taking ocular disease diagnostics to the next level. The practice recently purchased world-class ophthalmic equipment to better serve their patients. The Optopol Revo OCT was acquired earlier this year and offers a range of benefits for patients with ocular conditions.
Optical coherence tomography, OCT for short, is a modern non-invasive imaging technique that generates images of the microvasculature of the retina and the choroid. The technique shows eye care professionals structures in the eye that can change due to eye disease. In an OCT exam a light beam scans the eye through the pupil and the refracted light is translated into a detailed image of the structures of the retina. With 60 000 scans per second, an exam is often so sensitive it shows eye care professionals signs of disease before a patient notices a change in their vision. This is a tremendous advantage for patients because studies have proven that early treatment is the best way to save vision.
This equipment offers modules anterior as well as posterior imaging and analysis.
One of the advantages for patient diagnosis which is boasted from this technology is that it allows the practitioner to more accurately observe a patient’s optic nerve to detect conditions such as Glaucoma.
The Optopol Revo Glaucoma Module assess the optic nerve head, the retinal nerve fiber layer and the ganglion cell layer. The module has an AutoRescan function which allows for progress to be observed and tracked as it monitors precise changes over time.
As a contact lens speciality practice the anterior OCT enables a more accurate assessment of the lens and cornea relationship, not only allowing a more accurate fit faster, but also showing areas which could create complications in advance.
Through the use of his clinical expertise as well as leading technology, Hannes Zwarts is aiming to help preserve sight through early diagnosis of ocular diseases.