OCT will be a draw at show

The latest OCT (optical coherence tomography) technology will feature at Optrafair from April 4-6 2009 at the NEC in Birmingham.

Zeiss, Grafton, Haag Streit and Topcon will exhibit their latest scanners, which enable practices to provide in-depth pre-screening and clinical care for charges of between £25 and £150 for a four-minute procedure. Andy Yorke, managing director of Topcon said: 'The ability to look beyond the retinal surface into the sub-retinal layers presents us with diagnostic opportunities not seen before and provides the clinician with the ability to detect eye diseases much earlier.'

Having financed 30 scanners in six months, Simon Wardle, principal of PFS, said investment in OCT scanners was growing faster than for other optical technology.