What tests are used to image the eye?

  1. Photography – Digital photography with cameras can be used to document the tumor
  2. OCT – Optical coherence tomography is used to assess subretinal fluid or retinal edema.
  3. IVFA – Intravenous fluorescein angiography is used to examine the retinal blood flow
  4. ICG – Indocyanine green angiography is used to examine the choroidal blood flow
  5. Transillumination – Used to see tumors near the front of the eye.
  6. Ultrasonography – Used to measure tumor thickness
  7. Ultrasound biomicroscopy – Used to measure tumor thickness for select melanomas.