PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A Manivannan
AU  - J N P Kirkpatrick
AU  - P F Sharp
AU  - J V Forrester
TI  - Novel approach towards colour imaging using a scanning laser ophthalmoscope
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.82.4.342
DP  - 1998 Apr 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 342--345
VI  - 82
IP  - 4
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/82/4/342.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/82/4/342.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1998 Apr 01; 82
AB  - AIMS Conventional fundus imaging using a fundus camera produces colour fundus pictures. The scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) has the advantages of lower levels of light exposure, improved contrast, and direct digital imaging but until now has produced monochromatic images as a laser of single wavelength is used. True representation of the fundus is possible by combining images taken using blue, green, and red lasers. METHODS A custom built SLO was used to capture blue, green, and red fundus images from suitable volunteers and patients with fundus disease. Images were corrected for eye movement and combined to form a colour image. Colour fundus photographs were taken using a fundus camera for comparison with the SLO image. RESULTS The background fundus and retinal vasculature had similar appearances with the two imaging modalities. Internal limiting membrane reflections were prominent with the SLO. Identification of new vessels in the diabetic fundus was easier with the SLO than the colour fundus photographs. CONCLUSION A colour SLO offers all the advantages of the present monochromatic imaging system with the added advantage of true colour representation of the fundus.