Ultrasonography

When it is impossible to view a patient's retina because the vitreous is so cloudy as to prevent light from passing through the eye effectively, the physician will employ ultrasonography to view the back of the eye.

The machine in our office is quite similar to that used by obstetricians when viewing a fetus in the mother's womb. This painless test can often identify retinal detachments and tumors in the back of the eye when the actual disease process cannot be viewed directly.