Ophthalmic Echography
Contact Information:
410-550-5273
The Wilmer Eye Institute offers a full-time echography department using state of the art equipment and the techniques of Standardized Echography (combined use of contact-B scan and standardized A scan) for the evaluation of anterior segment, intraocular and orbital pathology, as well as biometry for axial length measurements. Digitized reports can be printed and faxed immediately.
About Echography
Ophthalmic Ultrasound, also referred to as echography, is an imaging technique useful in the evaluation of intraocular structures when ophthalmoscopic evaluation is limited or totally obscured. It has also been proven to be useful in the evaluation and differentiation of intraocular tumors, orbital tumors, extraocular muscle disorders, as well as retrobulbar optic nerve disease. Ophthalmic echography is also used to obtain measurments of the eyes to aid in the determination of intraocular lens power for patients undergoing cataract extraction and placement of an artificial lens. Like all forms of ultrasound examinations it is non-invasive, inexpensive, and easily obtainable in a relatively short amount of time.
