Optos, Plc. announced the expansion of the optomap ultra-widefield (UWF) retinal imaging modalities available with the company’s California FA device.
Refresh me on the company first.
Optos is a retinal imaging company—and subsidiary of Nikon Corporation—developing integrated UWF high-resolution digital images (dubbed “optomap”) with image-guided optical coherence tomography (OCT).
The company’s devices target early detection, management, and treatment of retinal disorders and diseases, including retinal detachments and tears, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy (DR), and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Now talk about the California FA.
Developed for medical imaging, the California features an innovative optical design that produces a 200° single-capture retinal image in less than half a second.
The device is currently available in multiple image modality options, including:
- color rg (red and green laser)
- Color composite
- Sensory red-free
- Choroidal
- color rgb (red, green, blue laser)
- Autofluorescence (AF)
- Fluorescein angiography (FA)
- Indocyanine green angiography (ICG)
Image views include:
- Standard (200° single capture)
- Auto-montage (up to 220°)
- Central pole (detailed view of the macula)
- Stereo (Image pairing for optic disc with retinal evaluation)
- 4-in-1 color depth imaging
What other features does it have?
The California also includes a green laser AF that shows macula and optic nerve detail; a browser-based image review for easier, HIPAA-compliant access to data from any connected computer or tablet; and an auto-montage that combines an optomap series into a single image that displays up to 97% of the retina.
See here for a virtual showroom to learn more details about the device.
So what’s this new update?
The latest addition to the image options is the first UWF color red/green/blue (rgb) image, designed to be captured simultaneously to the optomap color rg image.
Essentially, the color rgb option produces four images in a single capture (color rg, color rgb, sensory red-free, and choroidal) and autofluorescence.
Can I see an example?
Click here to take a look at a pathology and case example that uses California's color rgb image option.
Any expert feedback on the new addition yet?
Yup! After viewing the color rgb at this year’s American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) meeting, three ophthalmologists shared their feedback.
Click here to see what they had to say.