Paediatric Wide-Field Retinal Imaging

The use of wide-field imaging on paediatric subjects is primarily targeted at but is not restricted to the detection of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Early detection of the disease at stage-1, which appears as a thin demarcation line on the retina between the vascular and avascular region, can largely reduce the risk of severe vision loss. Therefore, for finding signatures of ROP at its early stage, imaging of the extreme peripheral regions around the ora serrata becomes far more important than imaging the central part of the retina.