[optimal] microperimetry response
- From: "William Shepard" <wmshprd@xxxxxxx>
- To: <optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:30:45 -0500
I use the Opko SLO OCT microperimetry. It takes 2-3 minutes to complete a test.
It requires fairly good media for the retina vessel tracking system to work, or
it will pause and ask for a reset of fixation, On people with marginal view,
this can be frustrating . People who can't fixate at all can skew the results,
and cause the timeout, also. It does autotrack the retina well in retinas it
can see well, and with fairly good fixation ability of the patient. It does
document the fixation area, good for seeing which areas of the fovea see and
which don't. As a technology, it is in it's infancy, really, and needs some
evolution. The micro perimetry feature is a big reason we chose this unit,
though, vs the Cirrus. We are happy with it overall. We don't use the Micro
perimetry function often; it roughly compares to a 10-2 HVF, but is more
specific and accurate. I would recommend it. As with any of these devices,
however, it doesn't work for every patient's situation, and like the OCT,
scanning the ones who need it the most is where it has the most difficulty.
William L. Shepard, CRA
Eye Disease Consultants, LLC
Suite 522
85 Seymour St
Hartford CT 06111
860-549-2020
wmshprd@xxxxxxx<mailto:wmshprd@xxxxxxx>
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