Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

In many instances, the health of your eyes can begin to deteriorate before you notice your vision suffering. We at Leightons Opticians are pleased to be able to now offer you the most advanced eye screening with Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).

During an eye examination, an optometrist routinely studies the interior of your eyes to look for any sign of abnormalities, however, with the installation of the latest "Nidek RS-3000 Optical Coherence Tomographers at the Leightons Opticians branches, we are now able to image the very back of your eye, including the retinal layers, enabling us to study your eyes in incredible detail from the surface of your retina right down to the underlying surfaces, not visible by any other means.

The OCT instruments use the most advanced technology to detect abnormalities at an incredibly early stage. The OCT screening, as it is called, helps us to check for all kinds of eye diseases such as Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinography, Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), Retinal Detachments and much more. The images generated by the OCT screening are stored on your file so when you see us again for your next appointment, the images from the latest screening can be compared with the images generated in past to see if anything has changed or deteriorated.

Benefits of OCT Screening

1) We have more details than ever before about your overall eye health.

2) We can instantly show you the 3D High Definition scans of the front and back of your eye.

3) An OCT scan allows us to detect and monitor any changes to your eye health earlier than other methods of eye screening.

4) We can very accurately compare your OCT images at your next visit to Leightons allowing us to easily monitor any changes in your eye health.

As sophisticated an examination as this may sound, the OCT examination is completely non invasive & painless as nothing touches your eye at all. The examination lasts for only a few seconds, after whcih the images generated are examined by an optometrist.

Below are a few examples of the images generated by OCT screening.

Example of an OCT Retina Image for a Healthy Eye

Example of an OCT Retina Image not so healthy.

Images taken with this technology can be extremely useful when referred to an eye specialit or GP.

For your total piece of mind Leightons now provides this service at the Epsom, Reading, Cobham & Farnham branches for a fee of only £ 40.00, please call us on  0800 40 20 20 to book your OCT Screening now.