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SPECTRALIS Core Technologies in Detail

1. Multimodal Imaging

▪ SPECTRALIS offers a unique combination of imaging modalities that provide you with all the
information you need in order to make confident clinical decisions. By using different established
and novel imaging techniques simultaneously, you can improve your understanding of various
pathologies.

2. Upgradeable Platform

▪ The SPECTRALIS platform is available in three different models: OCT, HRA, and HRA+OCT. For
each model you can choose from a collection of software modules and add-on lenses, to find exactly
those individual modules that meet your needs and clinical applications, e.g. ultra-widefield imaging,
OCT angiography, a faster OCT with the OCT2 Module or the MultiColor Module.
▪ With SPECTRALIS you make an investment in a future-proof platform that fits every budget and
grows along with your practice or clinic. By just adding optional modules you can expand your
diagnostic possibilities anytime, without the need to replace it on a regular basis or to add other
devices to your existing practice workflow.
3. Confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy

▪ SPECTRALIS confocal imaging delivers high-resolution fundus images with minimized light scatter
even in eyes with dense cataract. Simultaneous acquisition of OCT and fundus images with point
to point correlation and exact alignment presents as an advantage towards other OCT systems.
▪ Real-time imaging allows you to precisely place the OCT scan pattern in the fundus image.

4. TruTrack Active Eye Tracking

▪ The patented TruTrack Active Eye Tracking technology of SPECTRALIS actively tracks the eye
during scanning to avoid motion artefact, allowing you to capture precise images, even if the patient
blinks or moves.
▪ This superior performance allows a more effective management of patients, even in challenging
cases with very small changes over time.

5. Noise Reduction

▪ Automatic Real-Time Technology (ART) of SPECTRALIS is able to differentiate structural


information from noise during image acquisition to then effectively reduce noise. The resulting
images impress with excellent clarity and contrast.
▪ In combination with TruTrack Active Eye Tracking, it enables high quality images of exceptional
detail throughout the entire volume.
6. AutoRescan

▪ Using the fundus image like a map, the


SPECTRALIS AutoRescan function
automatically places follow-up scans in
precisely the same position visit after visit.
Accurate, automatic placement of follow-up
scans is important for optimizing patient
flow and for confident recognition of the
small structural changes that are critical to
the effective management of many
ophthalmic conditions.
▪ Studies have shown that with AutoRescan
technology, SPECTRALIS can reliably
measure changes in central retinal
thickness of up to 1 micron1.

7. Segmentation

▪ Within an OCT, SPECTRALIS allows a detailed visualization of 15 structures in a healthy eye. This
includes the 10 layers of the retina (Internal Limiting Membrane (ILM), Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer
(RNFL), Ganglion Cell Layer (GCL), Inner Plexiform Layer (IPL), Inner Nuclear Layer (INL), Outer
Plexiform Layer (OPL), Henle Fiber Layer2/Outer Nuclear Layer, External Limiting Membrane (ELM),
the layer of inner and outer segment of photoreceptors and the Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE))
plus the myoid zone, the ellipsoid zone, the interdigitation zone, Bruch’s Membrane (BM),
Choriocapillaris as well as medium and large choroidal vessels.
▪ Furthermore, SPECTRALIS provides the segmentation of eleven structures, including ILM, RNFL,
GCL, IPL, INL, OPL, ELM, ellipsoid zone (PR1), interdigitation zone (PR2), RPE and BM.

Further information:
www.spectralis.info

1Wolf-Schnurrbusch UE et al. Macular Thickness Measurements in Healthy Eyes Using Six Different Optical
Coherence Tomography Instruments. Invest Ophthalmol & Vis Sci 2009; 50:3432-3437.
2HFL belongs anatomically to the OPL, but seems to be a part of the ONL in OCT. It is not always distinguishable.

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