What is Retinal Imaging?
Retinal imaging is a diagnostic test that creates high-quality digital images of the inner, back surface of your eye. It allows the diagnosis of many eye conditions like diabetes-related retinopathy, glaucoma and macular degeneration. Your provider will tell you how often you need retinal imaging. What is retinal imaging? In retinal imaging , low-power lasers or a camera flash emit light into the eye through the pupil. The reflected light exits through the same path and is captured by the device, generating an image of the retina. While similar imaging techniques are employed during routine eye health check-ups at mainstream optometry practices, our analysis delves deeper into these images, seeking additional insights into the overall health of the human body and brain. What it used for? The back of the eye is known as the retina, offering a unique and easily observable view of blood vessels and nerves, unlike many other parts of the human body. While these anatomical structures