About Our Diagnostic Equipment
Please note that our 3 offices are connected by computer and that your records can be transferred any where in the world, at your request, via e-mail. Thus should you be in a foreign country with a visual problem, or we want another opinion from a larger centre anywhere in the world we can send your pictures and all your data via e-mail.
Every piece of information is stored electronically, with back up, so that you can feel comfortable that your information may be accessed or sent from anywhere at any time, and that we have a permanent digital result to compare to over a period of time as to any changes!
Dr. Monea works very diligently to insure that the offices, staff, literature, and equipment is on the very “cutting-edge” to provide you with a very personal, educational, customer-orientated experience. She personally designs and writes the educational articles for the office and always invites you for new and constructive criticism. Please check our web site at www.eyehealthcentres.com.
Dr. Monea wants you to know that she genuinely “CARES” about every patient and invites you to e-mail her with any concerns regardless of where you are and she will definitely respond back to you in a timely fashion. Her e-mail address is dr_monea@ hotmail.com.
Dr. Monea also will do educational seminars on various aspects of visual health, should you like her to do a seminar please just contact her directly.
Our Equipment
All of our equipment is state of the art digital, flat- screen computers to give high resolution. Information from the pre-test equipment is electronically stored and feed to the lap-top in the doctor’s offices, visible to a patient so that they will understand and appreciate their visual condition. Many copies can be printed off at any time so that if you wish a picture just advise the doctor.
Our Examination involves:
- Front Desk—you will be asked to fill out a patient information form which includes pertinent information about you which is held in absolute confidence at this office in accordance with the “privacy act”
- This information will then be entered into our computer to secure an electronic file on you.
- The pre-test technician will then take you into the pre-test room, here she will begin with a digital fundus photograph which documents your visual health permanently-this picture is unique to you like a thumb print, the doctors will later discuss these pictures with you, this is e a picture of your retina—the only place in the body where you can see the blood flowing without cutting-thus many diseases present here and are visible before presenting elsewhere as M.S., diabetes, hypertensive retinopathy, brain tumors –please refer to photogallery of eye disease on Dr. Monea’s web-site.
- Next is the automated refractor& corneal topographer-this instrument objectively gives us a guide line as to what your prescription is, it also takes a map of the outer part of your eye determining it’s shape which is important in contact-lens fitting, refractive surgery, and various eye conditions that affect the cornea as Keratoconus, and dry eyes.
- Visual Fields-FTD-automated perimeter-this instrument takes a map of how well the visual cells in your brain associated with vision are being used, it is very diagnostic in determining many diseases that affect vision as Glaucoma, M.S. Diabetes, tumor etc. In these diseases there is a loss of visual field, which gets worse as the condition progresses.
Humphrey® FDT Visual Field Instrument
FDT is a breakthrough in visual field testing that's so efficient it can even be used in pre-test
Introducing FDT, the first visual field instrument that's simple enough, fast enough, and compact enough to be used even in pre-test. Affordably priced, FDT has years of research and clinical trials behind it to validate performance. The instrument produces screening results in only 45 seconds and full threshold results in less than 4 minutes per eye. Weighing only 19 pounds, FDT is the most portable and user-friendly automated visual field instrument ever created.
UNPRECEDENTED:
• Ease of use
• Speed
• Unique pre-test capability
• Small size fits or travels anywhere you require
Intraocular Pressures: Tonometry—measures the pressure inside the eye, a screening test for a disease called GLAUCOMA.
Automated Lensometry:
This measures the power in your current spectacles and records it then sends it to the lap- top in the doctor’s room.
The Doctor’s Room:
All the information from the pre-test room is linked and presents on the flat-screen in the doctor’s room so that they may explain and educate you “personally” on your visual eye-health. Should you have any concerns regarding your vision please contact us immediately. Our Intent: To give you the best!
New Equipment! Cirrus™ HD-OCT
Some views draw the observer directly into the picture – views such as those offered by Cirrus HD-OCT. This new high-performance OCT instrument from Carl Zeiss Meditec offers a quantum leap forward in imaging. Featuring spectral domain technology, Cirrus HD-OCT delivers exquisite high-definition images of ocular structures, precise registration and intuitive, efficient operation.
It's not just spectral domain. It's High-Definition OCT.
Cirrus HD-OCT realizes the superior capabilities of ZEISS optics and provides
exquisite high definition images and analyses for enhanced clinical confidence.
Beautiful high definition OCT scans and LSO fundus images provide visualization
of retinal structure. HD layer maps and thickness maps reveal the critical details
of histology and pathology at a glance.
Cirrus™ HD-OCT is a device used by both Ophthalmologists and Optometrists
as a tool to view the back layer of the eye, the retina including the optic nerve
and the macula. Optical tomography (OCT) imaging system captures 3D high
definition line scans of the retina for precise detail of retinal tissue and EARLY
detection of disease/pathology. The scan and images are then reviewed by your
doctor to detect and monitor various retinal conditions such as diabetes,
age related macular degeneration, and glaucoma. By doing this scan,
your doctor is better equipped to make a decision on treatment.
Based on your scan results, the results can be sent to an eye care
specialist reducing the wait time for both the referral and treatment plan.
With this Information: The Doctors at our clinic will same day e-mail the information to the appropriate speciality through a secure site: MDCollaborate - private and encrypted, web-based communication system for both doctors and their patients.
- Enables doctors to provide uninsured patient services for a fee
- Provides patients convenient and improved access to their doctor
- Allows for improved communication between doctors
- Eliminates the worrisome long waits for preforming and sending necessary test data to specialists.
- Response as to care and treatment is given to patient in 24 to 48 hours.
New! Cirrus™ HD-OCT – Immerse Yourself In the Image |
