Pitfalls to consider when using spectraldomain OCT

Retina Pearls is a column that appears regularly in Retina Today. The purpose of the column is to provide a forum for retinal specialists to share informative and exciting tips or pearls with regard to specific vitreoretinal surgical techniques, diagnostics, or therapeutics. This installment of Retina Pearls addresses spectral-domain (SD) optical coherence tomography (OCT). Srinivas R. Sadda, MD, and Pearse Keane, MD, relate that, while the new SD OCT systems are a vast improvement in imaging technology, we must be aware of the variables among the different technologies and how the SD OCT images are interpreted. We extend an invitation to readers to submit surgical pearls for publication in Retina Today. Please send submissions for consideration to Dean Eliott ([email protected]) or Ingrid U. Scott, MD, MPH ([email protected]). We're looking forward to hearing from you.