Feb 27 2008
InView, The Leader in Vision Correction now offers the optomap Retinal Examination as a standard testing procedure to all patients who visit the practice for a pre-LASIK vision correction surgery evaluation. The optomap® is a comprehensive retinal examination that allows the doctors at InView the ability to get a comprehensive view of the eye prior to laser surgery.
InView is the only Atlanta LASIK center to offer the revolutionary technology of the optomap®. The optomap® retinal image provides a much larger view (200 degrees) of the back of the eye -- the retina -- than conventional eye exam equipment. The images can be taken without dilating the pupils -- a very common procedure during pre-LASIK evaluations which is uncomfortable and inconvenient for many people.
The optomap® image is captured in less than a second and is immediately available for the doctor and patient to review. Each image is as individual as fingerprints or DNA and can provide a unique view of the patient's health at a very rapid speed before candidacy for laser surgery is determined. The image is displayed immediately after being taken, allowing InView Physicians to review it quickly, and can also detect early signs of popular diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, macular degeneration and retinal detachment. If detected early enough, even after vision correction surgery, many eye diseases can be treated without the total loss of vision.
George O. Waring, M.D., Board Certified Ophthalmologist, Refractive Surgeon, and one of the founding partners of InView laser surgery center, finds this technology to be one of the most beneficial tests InView offers Atlanta LASIK patients: “The optomap® is a big plus for patients being that it allows each patient to see exactly what's going on in the back of their eye when considering a life changing procedure such as laser surgery. Patients are more directly involved in the care of their own vision and the ability to store images digitally allow for permanent records to be maintained and compared over the course of each patients visual health.” He continues on to say, “It allows us to diagnose glaucoma in its early stages, one of the most common eye diseases in the United States.”