Our office is equipped with the latest high-tech instrumentation to help track changes to your eyes and to insure that your prescription is as accurate as possible.

The Automated refractor is an instrument that gives a very close, objective prescription for our patients. The patient stares into an aperture as an image of a desert goes in and out of focus while sensors detect when the image is on the retina. Three readings are taken for each eye, then averaged by the computer for an accurate prescription. This prescription is then fine tuned by Dr. Friedman to ensure you will achieve the best vision attainable.

Non-contact tonometer, also known as the air-puff, measures the patient's risk for glaucoma. A quick, little puff of air is blown into the eye while sensors measure the cornea's resistance.

Automated Visual Fields: If glaucoma is suspected, this procedure measures peripheral vision. The patient looks straight ahead while green dots flicker off an on. The patient clicks a control button each time a dot is spotted. At the end of the test, the visual field is printed out for the doctor to evaluate. The instrument can be programmed to further explore the specific area of vision in question.

Non-mydriatic retinal camera: This instrument allows the doctor to photograph the back of the eye without dilating the pupil. The purpose is to document the posterior pole of the eye, where conditions such as diabetes and hypertension can manifest themselves.