Advanced Technology
We care about your eye health, which is why we strive to provide you with the most up-to-date technology in the eye care field.
Humphrey Visual Field
All three of our locations are equipped with a visual field, a test used to evaluate the peripheral vision of a patient. This differs from a vision test, which determines quantity of central vision only. A visual field tells the doctor how far in the periphery and at what sensitivity the eye can see. When you look at something, you not only see the object you are looking at, but you can see all around it. The area that you can see, without moving your head or eye, is called your visual field. It extends from the object you are looking at, to about 95 degrees out to the sides, 60 degrees upwards, 75 degrees downwards and 60 degrees towards your nose. This test can reveal changes in your vision which you may not be aware of and is used to detect specific disease processed such as glaucoma and certain optic nerve disorders.
Digital Retinal Photography
Two of our three locations are equipped with digital photography, the latest technology in retinal imagery used in vision care. This new technology assists your doctor to determine if there are any signs of high blood pressure, diabetes, cataracts, glaucoma, congenital anomalies, and many other eye diseases. Your doctor will compare these photos to previous photos during your annual eye exam; if further evaluation is necessary your doctor can measure areas of concern, zoom in or even export and email images to referring doctors.
ZEISS GDxVCC
(Nerve Fiber Analyzer)
Our GDx VCC instrument is a nerve fiber analyzer used to help detect glaucoma. This instrument is accessible at all three of our locations. The excellent reproducibility of the GDxVCC enables clinicians to evaluate glaucomatous changes over time and adjust the patient’s management plan as needed. The GDxVCC further simplifies the process by providing a comprehensive series of visit results with high-resolution images, difference maps and trend lines for crucial disease progression parameters.
The efficient, easy-to-use GDxVCC compares each patient’s RNFL measurements to an age-stratified, multi-ethnic normative database. Using a unique Nerve Fiber Index (NFI) generated by neural network techniques, the GDxVCC combines the most pertinent and significant structural parameters to objectively and reliably determine the likelihood of glaucomatous damage. These specific, sensitive and quantitative measurements greatly simplify the challenging task of assessing glaucomatous structural damage, supporting a higher degree of diagnostic efficiency and a higher standard of care. While early RNFL changes are frequently difficult to detect during ophthalmoscopic evaluation, they can be clearly quantified with the GDxVCC—a highly specialized, proven system that provides reproducible measurements of RNFL structural parameters closely correlated with the earliest changes of glaucoma.
Pachymetry
Pachymetry gives the doctor the ability to catch and begin treatment for problems such as glaucoma and ocular hypertension before they cause permanent damage. It is useful in monitoring the progression of certain disorders that cause the cornea to become thickened (or filled with water), resulting in a loss of vision. A pachymeter is a device that uses ultrasound to determine the thickness of the 
cornea. A pachymetry reading for a normal eye is 550 microns. When this number is significantly above or below the norm, it indicates that a patient's corneal thickness is abnormal. Pachymetry is also an essential measurement prior to the refractive surgical procedure, LASIK. During LASIK, the surgeon must remove tissue from the cornea and, therefore, pachymetry is important to be certain that the cornea will retain enough central tissue thickness to prevent ectasia, an abnormal "bowing" of thin corneas.
Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness in the U.S with over 67 million people worldwide affected. Yet, approximately 2 million Americans are unaware they have the disease and still others will be diagnosed only when it is too late to save their vision. Glaucoma, often called the "silent thief of sight," has no noticeable symptoms and no cure.
