Table 1 Equipment required by optometrist in diagnosis, assessment, and management of glaucoma, as specified by the Optometrist Board of Australia.

From: Diagnosing glaucoma in primary eye care and the role of Artificial Intelligence applications for reducing the prevalence of undetected glaucoma in Australia

Assessment

Equipment requireda

Optic nerve head and RNFL

Slit lamp and fundus lens; fundus photography and/or OCT of posterior pole

Threshold visual fields

Automated threshold perimetry tailored to the patient and degree of visual field loss

Anterior chamber angle

Slit lamp and gonioprism

Intraocular pressure

Goldmann applanation tonometer

Central corneal thickness

Pachymeter, anterior OCT or slit-lamp

  1. aClinical Practice Guide for the Diagnosis and Management of Open Angle Glaucoma 2020. (Accessed 31 Jan 2023).
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