An RGB UWF image from Optos' California

Optos has expanded its Optomap ultra-widefield (UWF) retinal imaging modalities for its California device, offering the first UWF red/green/blue (RGB) colour image.

Offering simultaneous red/green, sensory red-free, choroidal, autofluorescence, fluorescein angiography and indocyanine green angiography modalities, the new California image modality was developed in collaboration with eyecare professionals and is captured at the same time, said Optos CEO Rob Kennedy. “Thus, a single capture delivers two amazing colour ultra-widefield images.” Initial feedback from customers at the recent American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting was very positive, he said.

“The Optomap colour RGB is particularly impressive in its ability to discern holes in peripheral lattice degeneration and retinoschisis which leads to immediate improvement to patient care,” said Dr David Brown from Retina Consultants in Texas. “It is an exponential advancement in retinal imaging that will rapidly become the standard of care in our mutual fight against blindness.”

Professor Paulo Stanga, director and vitreoretinal surgeon at The Retina Clinic in London, said he found it exciting to see the improved detail of drusen in intermediate age-related macular degeneration patients. “We can easily visualise the extent and severity of a macular epiretinal membrane and better grade diabetic retinopathy,” he said. Dr Steve Bloom, a retina specialist at the Bennett & Bloom Eye Center in Kentucky, said the colour images, made him smile and “realise that in both health and disease, the retina remains a work of art.”