Screening For Glaucoma
At Banaji Eyecare, we use the latest in modern technology to detect glaucoma at the earliest, so you don’t have to worry about losing your vision.
OCT
Screening with Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT) enables diagnoses of potentially serious conditions that can affect your eyesight. An advanced eye scan, OCT, uses light to illustrate the different layers that make up the back of your eye. In OCT scan, a digital photograph and a three dimensional cross sectional scan of the back of the eye are obtained.
At Banaji Eyecare the OCT scan is used extensively in detecting if you are at risk of glaucoma or the stage of glaucoma you are at. We use SPECTRALIS® SD-OCT, which acquires 40,000 A-scans per second. The increased speed and number of scans translates into higher resolution and a better chance of observing disease.
OCT is also used to detect, identify and monitor the progress of age-related macular degeneration and macular hole. It also enables the early detection and treatment of diabetic retinopathy and vitreomacular traction.
FDT
The Frequency Doubling Technology (FDT) perimeter is an instrument designed for fast and effective detection of visual field loss. It is particularly useful and has displayed high sensitivity and specificity to early glaucomatous defects.