Instruments: Scanning the options

The HOCT from Huvitz, distributed by Mainline in the UK, is said to feature high-speed and high-quality scanning (68,000 angiography A-scans per second) and 3D rendering of retina and macula thickness/separation. The device combines OCT, fundus camera, angiography (HOCT-1F/FA) and a personal computer. The web browser allows data to be analysed independently from the machine without the need to install specialist software. Detailed reports showing pathological structure and important data in an easy-to-read format can be viewed on screen or printed. The device is said to allow for quick capture of a wide area scan (12x9mm), covering both the macula and optic disc in one go to analyse thickness maps from retinal nerve fibre layer, ganglion cell layer and retinal pigment epithelium layers.