LADARVision® Laser System

LADARVision® uses state-of-the-art technology uniquely different from other laser vision correction systems available today. The LADARVision® system incorporates the use of a high-speed computerized eye tracking method that helps the doctor enhance your treatment. Today, it is incorporated into our new-generation excimer laser to provide superior precision, and less worry, for patients desiring laser correction of nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism.

Your eyes continually make very fine jumping movements ("saccadic" movements) that are beyond your control no matter how hard you concentrate. These movements occur during all laser vision correction treatments. Our LADARVision® system, however, assists the surgeon by scanning the eye an amazing 4,000 times per second. Then, using computer control, it makes micro-adjustments at speeds of 100 times per second to reposition the pinpoint laser beam between pulses of light, tracking even the smallest and quickest movements of your eye during treatment.

The LADARVision® system uses an ultra-small beam of cool laser light, less than a millimeter wide, a spot much smaller than the thickness of a single human hair. Using high-speed computer control, the LADARVision® system moves this tiny beam of light across the surface of the cornea very rapidly in a tiny, non-sequential, and overlapping pattern. This helps create a smoother surface on your eye after your treatment that has been attributed to quick visual recovery.

Because of its state-of-the-art active tracking system and its unmatched precision, our LADARVision® system makes laser vision correction even easier for our patients. Now you can relax and not worry about holding your eye perfectly still during your treatment.