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ARVO 2016: Your must-see highlights

• April 28, 2016

ARVO is just around the corner and many clinical experts from all over the world will participate in anticipation of learning the latest scientific results on clinical applications and technological advances.

Publication Review on the Use of OCT Angiography to Detect Active CNV

• April 25, 2016

OCT angiography (OCT-A) is an emerging imaging modality with the potential to enhance the diagnostic understanding of various disease entities. It offers the possibility to visualize vascular networks in high-resolution and non-invasively as opposed to established imaging methods such as FA and ICGA angiography.

Useful materials for SPECTRALIS MultiColor

• April 22, 2016

SPECTRALIS MultiColor – Scanning Laser Imaging is an innovative technology for fundus imaging offering image detail and clarity not available from traditional fundus photography.

Video tutorial on interpretation of OCT images

• April 8, 2016

The introduction of OCT technology puts powerful diagnostic capabilities in the hands of eye care professionals. In particular, for many diseases, general ophthalmologists and optometrists can now make diagnoses right in their own practice [...]

Know your retinal layers

• April 6, 2016

Two decades since its introduction, OCT has become indispensable for research, screening, diagnosing, and monitoring diseases of the macula and optic nerve head.

 In a high quality, high resolution OCT scan, at least 13 retinal layers can be identified, the names of which [...]

SPECTRALIS OCT2 Module – Next generation OCT module

• March 4, 2016

The OCT2 Module brings the next generation of OCT technology to the SPECTRALIS® diagnostic imaging platform. It combines a high scan rate of 85,000 Hz with Heidelberg Engineering’s proprietary TruTrack Active Eye Tracking to provide excellent image quality and significantly improved acquisition speed.

ICG angiography remains valuable

• February 24, 2016

During a symposium on innovations for the diagnosis and imaging of vitreoretinal diseases at the recent World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC 2016), Dr. Ferrara, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, provided evidence to support the high diagnostic value of ICG angiography [...]

Interactive video tutorial for Widefield Imaging Module

• January 26, 2016

The Widefield Imaging Module provides a 55 degree field of view for all SPECTRALIS® fundus imaging modalities including MultiColor, BluePeak, infrared reflectance, angiography, and OCT.

OCT angiography interview with Dr. Kester Nahen

• December 11, 2015

Dr. Kester Nahen, Managing Director of Heidelberg Engineering, explains in this interview the diagnostic potential and limitations of OCT angiography.

This novel technology makes it possible to visualize distinct vascular networks at different depths in the retina [...]

13th International SPECTRALIS Symposium 2015 in Valencia – videos now available online!

• December 3, 2015

Record numbers attended this year’s International SPECTRALIS Symposium (ISS). More than 400 participants from 49 countries accepted an invitation from the Heidelberg Engineering Academy to the 13^th ISS in Valencia, Spain, held on October 16 and 17, 2015.