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Committed to your complete vision care!

At Dr. Dexter’s Vision Center, we are absolutely committed to providing our patients with the most complete vision care possible. In recent years, the need for eye exams that include a complete retinal exam has become increasingly evident.




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Your Eye Anatomy

Although small in size, the eye is a very complex organ. It is sometimes helpful to think of your eye as a camera. In the front of your eye, you have the lens system which allows you to see clear images, just like the lens of a camera. Then in the back of your eye, you have your retina, which is similar to the film of a camera. The film, like your retina, converts the image from bands of light to an image that you are able to process.

Retina:

The lining of the rear two-thirds of the eye, the retina converts images from the eye's optical system into electrical impulses sent along the optic nerve to the brain. Common Retinal problems include tears, and holes and damage, as well as pigment loss, floaters, and diabetic retinopathy.

Macula:

The small, specialized central area of the retina, the macula is responsible for acute central vision. Macular Degeneration is one of the leading causes of blindness in the US today.

Optic Nerve:

A bundle of nerve fibers that carry impulses for sight from the retina to the brain.

889644089 Optomap® Retinal Exam

**If you would like to explore the Optos Retinal Exam further please visit www.optos.com where you can experiment with the Optos images!

One of the ways that Dr. Dexter’s Vision Center can monitor the health of your retina and thus your over-all health, is the optomap® retinal exam.

Optos’ core product is the retinal image produced by the Panoramic200 Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope device: the optomap® retinal image.

The optomap® Retinal Exam offers many clinical, practice and patient benefits:

The optomap® retinal image gives eye-care professionals a much larger view (200 degrees) of the back of the eye – your retina – than conventional eye exam equipment.

The images can be taken without dilating your pupils – a very common procedure which is uncomfortable and inconvenient for many people.
The optomap® image is captured in less than a second and is immediately available for doctor and patient to review.
The optomap® image is displayed immediately after being taken, allowing the eye care professional to review it quickly and if necessary, refer you to a retinal specialist.
Using the internet, the image can be sent anywhere in the world for a specialist to review.

Each optomap® image is as individual as fingerprints or DNA and can provide eye care professionals with a unique view of your health very quickly and comfortably. The optomap® image is captured in less than one second and is immediately available for you and your doctor to review.

The optomap® retinal image offers many advantages including:

•	An ultra-widefield view of the retina
•	Comfortable and quick image capture
•	Non-invasive
•	Helps you understand your eye health
•	Provides permanent records for future comparison
•	The optomap® technology does not require pupil dilation, however the decision to dilate or not is a medical decision to be made by your health care professional
•	Patient can resume normal activities immediately


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