OCT angiography (optical coherence tomography) is a major advance in OCT technology because it provides a precise image of the retina’s vascular tree without the need to inject an intravenous contrast agent, as in fluorescein angiography, with all the unwanted side effects that can entail.
A-OCT is a harmless, non-invasive test that projects a beam of light onto the retina to give us very valuable information about blood flow, making it possible to diagnose diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), macular ischemia, …