Fine Eyewear Eyebrary

HealthDay (3/3, Preidt) reported that, according to a study published online ahead of print March 1 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, “early signs of glaucoma can be detected in the brain.” Working with laboratory animals, researchers from the Vanderbilt Eye Institute “found that a very early [...]

The UK’s Daily Mail (2/18) reported that “a routine eye test revealed” Kirsty Old, age 22, “had a rare brain blood clot that could kill her at any time.” The young woman “only discovered she had the one-in-a-million blockage when she visited her family opticians.” There, “a £16,000 retinal imaging [...]

Our office offers High Resolution Retinal Photography, which uses a computer-integrated digital imaging system to record a detailed view of the retina. Since nothing touches the eye, photo-documentation is painless. This digital image provides an excellent reference point for future comparisons.
Retinal photography assists in the detection and management of problems such as diabetic changes, hypertensive [...]

Optical coherence tomography imaging provides real-time information about eye structure.
Iowa’s Spencer Daily Reporter (11/13, Todd) reports that “optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging method which uses light to scan an eye’s retina and optic disc” to provide “detailed, real-time information about the structure of an eye” through “a non-invasive, non-contact optical biopsy of the [...]