title: Use of digitized fluorescein angiogram system to guide laser treatment of diabetic macular edema: a new technique.
abstract: We describe our technique to guide laser treatment in diabetic patients with clinically significant macular edema using a digitized fluorescein angiogram system. A pretreatment red-free photograph overlaid on a fluorescein angiogram is processed with the aid of the digitized fluorescein angiogram system in order to include all the important traces on it. The processed red-free image is used by the surgeon as a guide to the laser photocoagulation, improving treatment accuracy and safety for patients with diabetic macular edema.
authors.affiliation: Athens University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Athens, Greece. ladas@ath.forthnet.gr
authors.forename: Ioannis D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Ladas
mesh_terms: D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016896:Treatment Outcome