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ADVANCES IN OPHTHALMOLOGY - Wide Field OCTA May Revolutionize Retinal Vascular Disease Care

May 2, 2025

Wide field OCTA is emerging as a transformative tool for non-invasive retinal imaging. At Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Canon’s Xephilio OCT-S1 enables clearer vascular insights and streamlined diabetic eye care – supporting early detection, enhanced monitoring, and potential integration into broader systemic disease management.

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Groundwork for Success

April 7, 2023

In addition to immediate diagnosis and treatment of elite athletes with injuries, medical imaging is vital in the continual monitoring of health, fitness and progress.

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Exploring the Retina as a Window to the Brain

September 8, 2022

Some major neurological disorders that are difficult to diagnose and assess by MRI in their earliest stages, produce certain indications in the eye. This provides diagnostic opportunities for special- ists.

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Eye Care – A Window to the Heart

May 26, 2022

Microvascular changes that occur with different heart conditions can often be detected in the eye with advanced imaging techniques. Several cardiology experts are exploring the possibility of assessing certain cardiovascular diseases through eye examination with optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) - a relatively new imaging tool that can map blood flow in the eye in detail.

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Offering a Wealth of Unexplored Possibilities

January 24, 2022

VISIONS spoke with Dr. Barbara Parolini (Head of the Vitreo Retinal Unit at the Eyecare Clinic, Brescia, Italy) about Canon's Xephilio OCT-S1 and OCT-A1 Eye Care systems.

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PROVIDING EYE CARE IN THE HEART OF AFRICA

May 3, 2021

Second hand equipment can find a new life to improve healthcare all over the world and Canon Medical Systems Europe has many activities in that sense, including helping charities provide Eye Care in some of the world’s poorest countries.

Franco Sonnino, a long time Canon Medical distributor for Italy, explained how the company is helping him re use second hand material to improve Eye Care in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Mozambique.

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NEW DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS IN EYE CARE

November 29, 2020

The new Xephilio OCT-S1 and OCT-A1 scanners can assess larger areas of the retina in high resolution with a fast acquisition time. Professor Paulo E. Stanga, one of Europe’s leading consultant ophthalmologists and vitreoretinal surgeons, explains how the advanced OCT scanners will contribute towards improving eye care.

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