Optos Announces New Ultra-Widefield Color Image Modality, Providing Additional Retinal Visualization

Optos announced it is expanding the optomap ultra-widefield (UWF) retinal imaging modalities in the California FA device to further assist eye care professionals in disease management and treatment planning. In addition to optomap color rg (red/green), sensory red-free, choroidal, autofluorescence (AF), fluorescein angiography (FAF) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) modalities, the company announced the first ultra-widefield colour rgb (red/green/blue colour) image. This new image modality is captured simultaneous to the optomap colour rg image. Thus, a single capture delivers two color ultra-widefield images. 

“We are pleased to bring another image modality to our California FA device. The optimized color palette used in the new optomap ultra-widefield color rgb image was created in close collaboration with eye care professionals," Rob Kennedy, CEO of Optos, said in a company news release. "The new image modality, in addition to our clinically validated optomap colour rg images, provides additional retinal visualization to our customers as they manage their patient’s treatment and ongoing care.”

"The optomap colour rgb is particularly impressive in its ability to discern holes in peripheral lattice degeneration and retinoschisis which leads to immediate improvement to patient care," said David M. Brown, MD, from Retina Consultants of Texas, the lead author for a poster presented at The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). 'It is an exponential advancement in retinal imaging that will rapidly become the standard of care in our mutual fight against blindness."