Optos is claiming a record number of abstracts featuring its technology at the recent annual Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) in Denver, in the United States.
Optos recorded 180 abstracts featuring ultra-widefield (UWF) imaging technology at the May meeting, including the first research using the new Silverstone RGB. The research year for Optos spanned 2,194,268 eyes across 94 diseases from 251 institutions in 29 countries.
Optos has produced a scientific booklet, which it says highlights the breadth and impact of the research.
Key papers featured the recently launched Optos Silverstone RGB.
The Silverstone RGB combines Optos UWF imaging technology with widefield navigable swept-source OCT (SS-OCT), including the new true colour, three-wavelength red green blue (RGB) imaging.
By integrating all Optos imaging technologies into a single device, Optos said the Silverstone RGB supports a more comprehensive approach to the detection of retinal lesions, advanced diagnostic imaging, and management of care.
The research year for Optos spanned 2,194,268 eyes across 94 diseases from 251 institutions in 29 countries
Optos said two abstracts presented at ARVO highlighted research on this new technology, including the first clinical equivalence study comparing Silverstone RGB with a California RGB device for retinal pathology evaluation. In the study, 108 eyes were imaged on both systems and graded by expert readers across a variety of diseases and cataract severities.1 The study concluded, “The retinal pathologies were equally well visualised on both cameras, paving the way for using them interchangeably in clinical practice.”
Optos said a second Silverstone RGB abstract examined choroidal pigmented lesion thickness measurements using optomap-guided SS-OCT compared with ultrasound.2 Five eyes in this study were assessed across both modalities, with findings showing agreement in lesion thickness trends. Results showed on average B-scan ultrasonography measured lesions 38% thicker, consistent with findings reported by Shields et al. (2012). Results suggest that UWF-guided SS-OCT offers a reliable and more practical approach for capturing choroidal lesion thickness measurements using OptosAdvance.
Two additional studies explored the utility of UWF optomap red-green imaging for measuring choroidal tumour thickness. Both demonstrated a strong correlation between predicted UWF and ultrasound-measured thickness, further supporting the role of Optos imaging technologies in ocular oncology assessment.
Reference
- Optos, Optos Technology featured in record number of ARVO abstracts, The Wider Image, 2026 June; 32.
- Shields CL, Pellegrini M, Shields JA et al. Ciliary body and choroidal pseudomelanoma from ultrasonographic imaging of hypermature cataract in 20 cases, Ophthalmology, Vol 120, Issue 12, 2013, doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.05.024.
