Nidek Announces the Winners of the 3rd Annual Images of the Year Award
Nidek has announced the winners of the 3rd Annual Images of the Year Award. While continuing the theme “invisible to visible,” this year’s contest highlighted how multiple imaging techniques of the Mirante Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope (NIDEK) helps retina specialists visualize anatomical structures, in very fine detail. This year the focus was on imaging pathology with the unique Retro mode imaging modality.
Eye care professionals worldwide voted online to choose a set of color and Retro mode images captured by the Mirante. The Grand Prix winning submission is “Retro mode variation on a theme of Drusen,” from Guido Ricciotti, MD, and Alexandra Miere, MD, PhD, from the Department of Ophthalmology, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil, France.
Figure. Retro mode (left) and Multicolor (right) images of a 93-year-old male with macular atrophy captured by the Mirante Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope (NIDEK). Both Retro mode and Multicolor images show the macular atrophy borders, while the Retro mode shows pseudo-3D representation of the drusenoid deposits.
“We are honored that our image has been selected as the Nidek Image of the Year among so many fascinating submissions to this contest," the winners commented in a Nidek news release. Mirante is a versatile imaging device offering high quality multimodal imaging for interrogating retinal disease. The Retro mode modality is an important imaging tool in this device, allowing a pseudo-3D representation of even subtle retinal changes. Our image shows some of the possible uses of this imaging technique. We will undoubtedly continue to discover the potential of this imaging device in the future.”
The detailed case presentation is available at: https://retinatoday.com/articles/2023-mar-insert3/images-of-the-year
Second place was awarded to “Retro mode Illumination and Retinitis Pigmetosa,” from Giulia Corradetti, MD, and SriniVas Sadda, MD, from Doheny Eye Institute, US. In third place was “Macular atrophy in EMAP,” submitted by Francesco Romano, MD, and Giovanni Staurenghi, MD, from Luigi Sacco University Hospital - Milan, Italy. All submissions and the details of this event are available here.
In response to submissions, Nidek made a donation to the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and appreciates all the participants in supporting this charity. Learn more at: https://www.nidek-intl.com/news-event/news/entry-4812.html