The Pentacam is a rotating Scheimpflug camera which captures Scheimpflug images of the anterior eye segment. The Scheimpflug technique provides sharp and crisp images that include information from the anterior corneal surface up to the posterior crystalline capsule. The key advantages of the rotating imaging process are the precise measurement of the central cornea, the correction of eye movements via a second pupil camera, the easy operation for the users and the easy fixation for the patients; as well as the extremely short examination and processing time.PENTACAM calculates a three dimensional mathematical model of the anterior segment to provide the following information:
- Anterior and posterior corneal topography and elevation maps
- Corneal Pakimetry from limbus to limbus
- 3D Analysis of the Anterior Segment of the Human eye (ACD map, camera angle, camera volume, etc.)
- Eye lens density: quantification of the Luminous Transmission of the natural eye lens (crystalline) and the Intra Ocular Lens (LIO).
- Tomography.
- Improved ILO calculations for LASIK, PRK and RK patients.
In assessing all the functional characteristics of the Pentacam, we find that it is the optimal analyzing device for:
- Refractive Surgery.
- Corneal Surgery.
- Cataracts Surgery.
- Detection of Glaucoma.