Southern Eye Associates has recently purchased a new state-of-the-art Optical Coherence Tomographer, a new type of medical diagnostic imaging modality from Carl Zeiss Meditec.

The OCT provides direct cross-sectional images of the retina for objective measurement and subjective clinical evaluation in the detection of glaucoma and retinal diseases. This new device images and analyzes macular thickness, the retinal nerve fiber layer, and the optic disc using the latest technology for high resolution scans. The principle is much like that of ultrasound except that light is used instead of sound.

Clinically the most versatile and valuable technology available, the StratusOCT allows us to easily detect and analyze finding such as cystoid macular edema, macular holes, central serous retinopathy, retinal detachments, retinal dystrophies, and various other diseases without contacting the eye.