SPECSAVERS in Guiseley has invested £50,000 in cutting edge 3D scanning technology to help with early detection of diseases.
The Optical Coherence Tomography machine is usually found in hospital eye departments and will allow optometrists to view the eye in more detail than ever before. It is used for the screening and management of conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy.
Guiseley’s ophthalmic optician Anjham Akbar said: “OCT technology produces such a detailed picture of the structures in the eye that it allows us to identify signs of diseases years earlier than traditional methods. An example of this is glaucoma, which the store’s specialists are trained to spot. Given that nearly half of all sight loss is preventable, the sooner we can detect these conditions, the sooner we can help manage them or refer people for treatment.”
The technology produces a structural scan of the eye, including layers that would not normally be visible using traditional eye testing techniques. The scan costs £10 in addition to the eye test.
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