News

A Good Time to Upgrade Equipment
07/06/2009

Many ophthalmology practices are unsure how to respond in these volatile economic times. Should they cut back on all their spending and go into hibernation, or should they continue business as usual? The successful practices look at these times as opportunities to increase market share, update infrastructure and streamline. Of these, updating equipment in one's practice can carry the greatest financial burden.

B-Amazed: Accutome Debuts New B-Scan
09/16/2008

Accutome has introduced the new B-Scan Plus, a new B-Probe that links directly to a laptop or PC by USB port. Accutome reports that this technology creates sharper, more focused images due to the elimination of signal loss, which occurs from older tabletop units, and offers 0.015-mm resolution, the highest in the medical industry.
The “Smooth Zoom” technology features full image zoom with no distortion on real-time or captured scans. The B-Scan Plus also captures unlimited 34-second film loops of every image. This helps to ensure that the user never misses an image.

An O.D.'s Primer On Ultrasound
09/16/2008

Ultrasonography is quite a helpful tool, especially for O.D.s who comanage cataract surgery. The two chief types of ophthalmic ultrasound are A-scans and B-scans. Used to evaluate the structural integrity of the eye, this technology is sometimes the only means we have of examining soft tissues of the eye and orbit.