for both eye diagnosis and treatment has become increasingly sophisticated. At Doctors Vision Center, we offer our patients the best in modern eye exam technology. Below is a list of some of the eye diagnostic equipment and technology we use while performing your examinations:
Computerized Auto-Refractors
Gives the doctor an estimate of your eye glass prescription.
Corneal Topography
Maps the curvature of the cornea for more precise contact lens fittings and diagnosis of corneal disease.
Digital Fundus Camera
Takes digital photographs of the outer eye structures and the retina.
Tonometers
Checks the pressure inside of the eye.
Ocular Coherence Tomographer
A scanning laser that can take cross sectional and other images of the eye from the front and the back. A truly remarkable instrument for diagnosis and following eye diseases.
Phoropter
The device used to determine the prescription, used in concert with an autorefractor.
Slit Lamp Biomicroscope
Microscope used to examine the eye from front to back with variable slit images of light.
Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope
A very bright, head-mounted light source that enables a view of the complete inside of the eye.
Digital Pachymeter
Instrument used to determine the thickness of the cornea – important in glaucoma.
Digital Anterior Segment Camera
Takes digital photographs of the outside of the eye and partially into the eye. Used with a Slit Lamp Biomicroscope.
Digital Lensometer
Instrument that reads the prescription in your glasses
Computer Field Analyzer
An instrument used to map the field of vision. Used in glaucoma and other brain conditions that affect the field of vision.