The case for ultrawidefieldguided swept-source OCT: Effective, efficient evaluations when paired with the right patients.

Ultrawidefield-guided swept-source optical coherence tomography (UWF-guided SS-OCT) is a valuable diagnostic tool for evaluating and documenting retinal pathology. This technology combines UWF imaging and OCT in one platform, allowing clinicians to produce OCT images of any area of concern within the 200° field of view. UWF-guided OCT can be particularly useful for identifying peripheral lesions, determining the nature of retinal elevation, distinguishing atrophic retinal holes, assessing suspicious choroidal nevi, and documenting extramacular lesions. Recent research has validated the effectiveness of UWF-guided SS-OCT in detecting retinal detachment, vitreous adhesion, and differentiating between intraretinal microvascular abnormalities and neovascularization elsewhere. Additionally, UWF-guided SS-OCT has potential as a research tool for studying peripheral pathologies. [Extracted from the article]