Ophthalmologists Society of Pakistan (OSP) as a part of pre-conference workshop of Karophth 2012 organised a workshop on "Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)" on Wednesday at Patel Hospital, Karachi. The speakers of the workshop included, Dr Idrees Ehdi, Dr Usman and Dr Muhammad Hanif.
Dr Idrees Ehdi, Consultant, Ophthalmologist at Civil Hospital Karachi in his talk termed it a promising new class of diagnostic medical imaging technology that utilises advanced photonics and fibre optics to obtain images and tissue characterisation on a scale never before possible within the human body. This technology has the potential to dramatically change the way physicians, researchers and scientists see and understand the human body in order to better diagnose and treat disease.
He further said that OCT imaging can be performed over approximately the same distance of a biopsy at high resolution and in real time making the most attractive applications for OCT those where conventional biopsies cannot be performed or are ineffective. Standard electronic techniques are adequate for processing ultrasonic echoes that travel at the speed of sound, interferometric techniques are required to extract the reflected optical signals from the infrared light used in OCT.
Dr Muhammad Hanif, speaking on OCT importance of progression scan in patient management" said that this powerful technology provides in situ images of tissues at near histological resolution without the need for excision or processing of the specimen. Others who spoke on the occasion includes, Dr Usman and Dr Qazi Wasif, General Secretary Ophthalmologists Society of Pakistan.-PR