Buchanan Optometrists starts using Heidelberg Engineering’s Widefield Imaging Module

Buchanan Optometrists in Kent has become the first practice in the UK to receive Heidelberg Engineering’s Widefield Imaging Module, which offers a 55-degree fundus image and simultaneous 16.5mm widefield OCT scan.

‘One of the great benefits is that with one shot you can see the periphery of the retina, which saves considerable time with each patient. With this one view we are able to diagnose conditions much more easily,’ said optometrist Alisdair Buchanan.

‘We can view the retinal layers and changes well before problems start to occur. To see a 55-degree OCT rather than 30 degrees is amazing, and has brought a fantastic reaction from patients when we explain what we can do now.’