OCT-A used in long Covid research

Dr Bettina Hohberger, from the Eye Clinic at the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany, has won the Heidelberg Engineering Xtreme Research Award for her diagnostic insights into long Covid.

Hohberger’s research used optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) on the Spectralis platform in an experimental setting to assess therapeutic responses of patients impaired by chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and found that long Covid may present certain characteristics in retinal capillary density.

‘It is an honour for me to accept this award from Heidelberg Engineering. With this technology, we were able to gain novel insights into the field of long Covid,’ said Hohberger.