Frost Borneo Optometrists

Optomap retinal examination

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At Frost Borneo Optometrists and Opticians, we offer one of the best retail eye screening tests available today – the Optomap® Retinal Eye Examination. Strongly recommended when you visit us for your regular eye examination we recommend that you have the Optomap® for your own peace of mind. This is a highly sophisticated screening technique which scans the majority of the retina in one easy step.

30 degrees of retina

Standard examination:

Only a small portion of the retina is visible at one time

200 degrees of retina

Optomap® examination:

Majority of the retina visible in one image

An Optomap retinal digital image provides a permanent record of your eye for future comparison, allowing us to spot any changes that may occur between eye examinations over time. An Optomap retinal digital image should not be confused with a standard digital camera (or fundus camera) images, as an Optomap allows a much greater view of the retina in a single image.

Optomap® and fundus camera view comparison


Optomap retina image
  1. Optomap® view (82% of the retina in a single capture - showing haemorrhages in the periphery). 44% more pathology detected with the Optomap® retinal exam than with a fundus camera (data on file at Optos plc)
  2. Fundus camera view (11%* of the retina in a single capture with no pathology detected)

 

Our state of the art machine helps us detect all kinds of eye related conditions that may otherwise be left undiscovered using traditional techniques. This includes high blood pressure, diabetes, retinal tears and detachments and many other conditions.

Frost Borneo Optometrists have been carrying out Optomap® examinations since 2002. As early adopters of this technology in the UK, the capture of Optomaps have allowed us to identify many eye conditions which may otherwise have not been detected.

Based on our extensive experience we now recommend that an Optomap® should be part of the regular eye examination for all our patients.

The story behind Optomap

The Optomap® Retinal Eye Examination was the brainchild of Douglas Anderson (an industrial designer), whose son lost his sight in one eye at the age of five due to an undetected retinal detachment.

Douglas Anderson was determined to find a way to view the whole of the eye to prevent this type of tragedy happening again. He set to work researching a device that was patient friendly, (particularly for children, who tend to be more difficult to examine) and capable of producing a single, high-resolution, ultra-widefield image of the retina. The device would also have to accomplish this through an undilated pupil.

A prototype was developed, which they called the Panoramic200 (P200) because it visualized 200° degrees or approximately 82% of the retina in a single capture. A new company was formed for the P200 and his son Leif, 9 years old at the time, named the company after the Greek word for vision - Optos.

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Optos - Revolutionizing Eye Care