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Angiography, fluorescein: A test to examine blood vessels in the retina, choroid, and iris of the eye. A special dye is injected into a vein in the arm and pictures are taken as the dye passes through the blood vessels in the eye.
The dye is injected into a vein in the arm. The pictures taken as the dye passes through the blood vessels in the eye can help detect a number of problems.
If the eye care professional suspects a patient has a disorder such as wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), the patient may have fluorescein angiography. The resultant photos help evaluate leaking blood vessels and determine whether they can be treated.
Fluorescein angiography is an eye test that uses a special dye and camera to look at blood flow in the retina and choroid, the two layers in the back of ...
Fluorescein Angiogram. by Wendy Strouse Watt, O.D. July 2002. What is Fluorescein Angiography? Fluorescein angiography is a test which allows the blood vessels in the back of ...
History . Two medical students from Indiana University, H.R. Novotny and D.L. Alvis, described and demonstrated the technique of retinal fluorescein angiography (FA) in ...
Fluorescein angiography is an eye test that uses a special dye and camera to look at blood flow in the retina and choroid, the two layers in the back of the eye.
The test is performed by injecting a special dye, called fluorescein, into a vein in the arm. In just seconds, the dye travels to the blood vessels inside the eye.