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Does Every Patient Get Wavefront At London Vision Clinic? [Video]

Does Every Patient Get Wavefront At London Vision Clinic? Mr Glenn Carp – “At the London Vision Clinic we try and offer each patient their maximum potential, so in most patients they will benefit from Wavefront technology.  We are able to provide not only Wavefront Guided and Wavefront Optimised treatments but also Topography Guided treatments and as well we can look to boost various portions of the Wavefront so essentially all patients are screened not only as individuals but also…

What Is Pachymetry? [Video]

What Is Pachymetry? Mr Glenn Carp – “Pachymetry is a technique where we measure the corneal thickness.  This can be done in a multitude of ways ranging from handheld ultrasound probes to measured focal points of corneal thickness as well as various scanning technologies, both with topographies, as well as what we have here at the London Vision Clinic; an Artemis Insight 100 very high frequency ultrasound guided pachymetry measurement and the idea of all of this to measure the…

What Is Topography? [Video]

What Is Topography? Mr Glenn Carp – “Topography is a type of scan which looks at the curvature of the cornea.  It is able to look at certain shapes that the cornea presents with and in turn it can look and help us screen for certain conditions like keratoconus where there is some irregularity to the overall shape of the cornea.  Most people have a pretty rounded, spherical type shape or if they do have a slight steep and ridge…

What Is Pupillometry? [Video]

What Is Pupillometry? Mr Glenn Carp – “Pupillometry is the measurement of pupil size.  Pupils needs to be measured in different lighting conditions, so we do what is called scotopic, mesopic, and dark measurements of pupil to try to work out what the person’s habitual pupil size is under the different lighting conditions and these can then be focused into the actual treatment in terms of appropriate treatment to the appropriate pupil diameter.” Pupillometry Explained Further… Pupillometry measures the size…

Robots Can’t Wear Reading Glasses

Star Wars actor Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, the endearing robot and loyal friend of Luke Skywalker, found himself in the impossible position of not being able to see his script while wearing a costume that made it impossible to use reading glasses ….