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Our practice aims to deliver the highest standard of optometric eye care possible, and to that end we have acquired the latest and the best non invasive eye scanner (Optomap).The Optomap Retinal Examination system enables our consultants to detect, monitor, treat or refer eye and general health conditions.
There are two parts to the eye examination, the first being to determine the focusing error of the eye, sometimes described as finding the spectacle prescription, and the second part is to determine the health of the eye. In this second part, among other eye problems, the practitioner looks for cataract, glaucoma, and retinal changes.

The retina is the image capturing system of the eye. It is like the film in a camera, while the cornea and lens help to focus the image onto the retina, like the camera itself. The retina lines the inside of the globe, extending from the back of the eye, all the way forward to the sclera at the front of the eye, which is the white of the eye seen in a mirror. A practitioner viewing the retina in a routine eye examination, views mainly the retina at the back of the eye, the central 30', as this is the most important part of the retina and the easiest area to view.

The practitioner will then have the patient move their eyes up, down, etc, to view the peripheral retina, but even so will only manage to view out to about 45'. The Optomap Retinal Examination is a step-up in eye care. It enables the practitioner to view 200' of the retina, all at once.


The retinal image is first captured by the scanning laser ophthalmoscope (pictured here with the patient in position). Then, using specialist software, it is viewed together with the patient on the computer screen (pictured here on the left). The practitioner can enlarge the image to closely examine the retina and optic disc, and can also view the superficial and deeper layers of the retina to determine where a retinal lesion is located.
The peripheral retina can have detrimental changes which give no warning signs to the patient. Recently Charles Babumba referred a patient for an early retinal detachment in the far periphery, as captured by the Optomap and pictured below. The patient had no complaints about his vision, and thus had he not had an Optomap scan, the problem might have been overlooked.




The Optomap Retinal Examination offers patients extra insurance that the health of their eye is good. It is a procedure which all patients, including children, should have to ensure that there are no unknown problems of the eye. It enables early detection and management of eye problems, and sometimes other problems of the body, instead of waiting until troublesome symptoms occur. It is a method of preventative eye care, one which we believe will become the standard of eye care in the future.
It is a procedure that we firmly believe in, and hope that you will too.