Review of the Nidek RS-330 Duo OCT

The latest incarnation of the Retina Scan (RS) OCT from Nidek (distributed in the UK by Birmingham Optical) is likely to turn a few heads at the forthcoming Optrafair event in April. I was fortunate enough to have a brief look at a prototype instrument at last year’s SCLOSS conference (Optician 30.01.15) and liked what I saw. When I heard an old colleague of mine had just had delivery of the full version, I invited myself to Dr Sandip Doshi’s practice to try out the machine (Figure 1).

The Duo boasts a number of new features, most prominently as suggested by the name, a near seamless combination of fundus camera (full colour for the first time, and also with autofluorescence capability) and spectral domain OCT. Immediately, you are struck by its compact design and integrated touch screen control pad which, even hooked up to the adjacent computer, offers a reasonable footprint for most busy practice spaces.