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... Saipan Tribune SAIPANTRIBUNE.COM Thursday March 16, 2006 SUBSCRIBE ARCHIVES Volume 16 Issue 75 Home Search the Tribune: Advanced Search Local Sports Opinion Business Letters to the Editor Local MEI offers 'revolutionary eye scanning technology' By Marconi Calindas Reporter Thursday, March 16, 2006 Good news to people who suffer from eye problems.

The Marianas Eye Institute is now offering advance technology to diagnose a wide range of eye care symptoms.MEI chief executive officer Russ Quinn announced yesterday that Marianas Eye Institute is now using a more innovative scanning system called "Stratus OCT" to produce highly detailed images of the retina, the innermost layer of the interior of the eye.

"Stratus OCT is the first and only instrument that can 'see' below the surface of the retina to examine the retinal layers," said Quinn.

Resident ophthalmologist Dr.

Mark Robertson said the device is an important advancement that will provide real benefits to MEI patients.

°∞Stratus OCT enables us to clearly see the internal structures of the eye, so problems can be identified and treated in the best way possible.

I would describe Stratus OCT as a powerful tool that helps us do more than ever before to protect a patient's vision,°± he added.Quinn said the breakthrough images of Stratus OCT provide detailed, CAT-scan like images of the structures affected by glaucoma and other abnormalities of the retina, including diabetic eye dis...

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