What Student Need to Know about Retinal Imaging In Radio Diagnosis.

What Is Retinal Imaging? Retinal imaging takes a digital picture of the back of your eye. It shows the retina (where light and images hit), the optic disk (a spot on the retina that holds the optic nerve, which sends information to the brain), and blood vessels. This helps your optometrist or ophthalmologist find certain diseases and check the health of your eyes. In the ophthalmology clinic, retinal imaging devices are primarily used in the diagnosis of retinal disease as well as serial monitoring in retinal conditions such as age-related macular degeneration to monitor response to treatment. However, the detail with which the eye can be visualized non-invasively opens up investigative possibilities for a variety of long-term conditions. We outline the three principal imaging technologies for the retina, namely fundus camera imaging, scanning laser ophthalmoscopy and OCT. Doctors have long used a tool called an ophthalmoscope to look at the back of your eye. Retinal imaging allows doctors to get a m