Clinical Research Studies

The purpose of the research to evaluate an ophthalmic imaging device called optical coherence tomography (OCT). This device is working like a camera acquiring images that has been shown to improve diagnosis and monitoring of eye diseases such as glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, macular edema, and other pathologies. We are asking you to take part in this research study because you have a medical condition being studied and/or are scheduled to have test. This research study will be broken down into three groups of participants—cross-sectional, longitudinal, and reproducibility arms. The cross-sectional and longitudinal studies will help determine the effectiveness of the OCT technology in terms of detecting and monitoring eye diseases, while the reproducibility arm will test the measurement similarity of the OCT. Most procedures are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with the exception of some OCT devices, which have been deemed non-significant risk devices. These devices meet the same standards set by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and therefore do no risk your health, safety, or welfare.