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3.4 Pressure Measurement

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3.4 Pressure Measurement

Measuring the intraocular pressure (IOP) is important for the diagnosis and monitoring of diseases such as glaucoma. Normal intraocular pressure is in the range 10–21 mm Hg. Direct measurement of IOP is only possible by manometry and this involves penetration of the eye. Tonometry devices give indirect measures of IOP. A number of different types of tonometers are available. The most accurate of the available devices are the applanation tonometers. The Goldmann tonometer is shown in Figure 3.9.

The device is usually used in conjunction with a slit lamp microscope (Figure 3.10) to enable the ophthalmologist to observe the cornea.

A local anaesthetic eye drop is instilled prior to the investigation. The device uses a simple weighted lever system and eccentrically placed weights varied until the applanated area of the cornea is flattened. This is a small corneal area (3 mm) and the test is not uncomfortable for the patient. The weight required to flatten the cornea is directly converted to mm Hg by the device using the equation

P = W/A ,

where P = intraocular pressure, W = weight applied and A = area flattened.

The procedure is repeated several times until two consecutive readings within 0.5 mm Hg are obtained.

The Tonopen (Figure 3.11) is a portable applanation tonometer device which uses strain gauges to measure the pressure with the applanation area equal to 1.5 mm.

Figure 3.9. Goldmann applanation tonometer

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Figure 3.10. Goldmann tonometer in position with the slit lamp

Figure 3.11. Tonopen tonometer

3.5 Biometry

Biometry is the measurement of the length or depth of intra-ocular structures. The test is usually performed before cataract surgery in order to determine the size of artificial lens to implant in the eye. Most devices use a-scan ultrasound.

The cornea is anaesthetised using a topical anaesthetic and the ultrasound probe place on the cornea. The ultrasound frequency is usually 8 MHz and the

3.6 Ocular Examination

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Figure 3.12. An a-scan ultrasound biometry device

built-in detector detects the reflections from the various intraocular surfaces. The instrument is shown in Figure 3.12. Modern versions of this instrument employ light rather than sound as the source, making use of laser light and partial coherence interferometry to obtain measurements of the eye’s axial length. An instrument that uses a 780 nm laser diode as the source is shown in Figure 3.13 and an example of a typical A-scan is shown in Figure 3.14. If the spike reflections are compared with a cross sectional view of the eye, we can see that we can calculate the axial length of the eye and this information can be used to select which type of lens to implant.

Ultrasound B-scan devices are also available and this enables structures within the eye to be imaged. Higher resolution can be obtained if light rather than sound is used as the source and this is described in Section 3.6.

3.6 Ocular Examination

The ophthalmoscope is a hand-held device which incorporates a light source and a set of magnifying lenses to enable the ophthalmologist to obtain a view of the retina. The device is shown in Figure 3.15. A slit lamp is another examination device that incorporates a moveable light source and a binocular microscope which the ophthalmologist can use to examine the eye.

The device is used by itself to examine the anterior segment of the eye and when it is combined with special lenses it can be used to perform an examination of the posterior segment of the eye. The device was shown previously in Figure 3.11.

The image seen through the ophthalmoscope can also be captured using a digital fundus camera shown in Figure 3.16.

This device produces a hard copy and computer stored version of the retina. The retinal image is shown in Figure 3.17 and has a number of key features such as the