New Infrared Camera Helps Doctors To Treat Glaucoma Better Way
Duke University has offer something to the glaucoma patients. The university medical center has invented a new infrared camera, that enables the doctors to see the interior structures of the eye in greater detail than other machines do. Thus it has discovered a greater reason of blindness, Narrow-angle glaucoma. It is three times more severe than the open-angle version. The disease prevents fluid from draining out of the eye.
Dr. Sanjay Asrani, an ophthalmologist with the Duke University Medical Center has invented the infrared camera.
The new infrared camera, though, never touches the patient but offers a detailed cross-sectional view of the eye – and the effects on eye structures caused by glaucoma. In a healthy eyeball, a natural filtration system moves fluid from the pupil, over the iris and into the corners of the eye. A thin channel then drains the liquid away from the eyeball. The infrared camera has helped patients get a quick diagnosis and treatment.
The camera is all set for the mass production. The camera would likely first be available to academic medical centers. The detailed images of eye structures will let doctors better study the more common open-angle glaucoma and help give patients a better understanding of their condition and treatment.
Source: wral.com
Filed under Eye Diseases, Glaucoma
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