SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
								Frans J. Van de Velde M.D. International Consultant in Ophthalmology Mailing address: Two Hawthorne Place, 15-O Boston MA 02114 United States of America Phone and voice mail: in the US:     (617) 523-8249 in Europe:     ++32-(0)478-200 585 Web: www.sloresearch.org E-mail: vdv@sloresearch.org
			Fig. 1 Post PDT treatment, infrared SLO imaging and Microperimetry
		Several properties of scanning laser ophthalmoscopy are illustrated in this image. (1) Detailed infra-red imaging of central lesion (neovascularization), after PDT, with remaining ring of retinal edema. This is suggestive of further leakage. (2) Microperimetric evaluation indicates the area used by the subject for acuity determination under various conditions of background illumination, in this case high photopic. (3) Our current work involves a therapeutic SLO capable of delivering PDT and classic thermal coagulation with a single instrument combining all advantages, including Microperimetry and infra-red confocal imaging.