Use of Digitized Fluorescein Angiogram System to Guide Laser Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema: A New Technique

Vol. 217, No. 3, 2003

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Original Paper

Use of Digitized Fluorescein Angiogram System to Guide Laser Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema: A New Technique
Ioannis D. Ladas

Athens University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Athens, Greece

Address of Corresponding Author

Ophthalmologica 2003;217:194-198 (DOI: 10.1159/000068973)

Key Words

Digitized fluorescein angiogram system
Diabetic macular edema
Laser treatment

Abstract

We describe our technique to guide laser treatment in diabetic patients with clinically significant macular edema using a digitized fluorescein angiogram system. A pretreatment red-free photograph overlaid on a fluorescein angiogram is processed with the aid of the digitized fluorescein angiogram system in order to include all the important traces on it. The processed red-free image is used by the surgeon as a guide to the laser photocoagulation, improving treatment accuracy and safety for patients with diabetic macular edema.

Author Contacts

Ioannis D. Ladas, MD
Athens University School of Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology
8 Meg. Alexandrou Str., GR-152 36, P. Penteli, Athens (Greece)
Tel. +30 10 80 32 338, Fax +30 10 61 30 351, E-Mail ladas@ath.forthnet.gr

Article Information

Received: April 4, 2002
Accepted after revision: November 1, 2002
Number of Print Pages : 5
Number of Figures : 3, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 5

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