Fluorescein angiography printouts.

Nineteen years after the pioneering efforts of Novotny and Alvis, fluorescein angiography has reached a level of acceptance and use which reflects its high value in ophthalmic diagnosis. Angiography laboratories are commonplace in hospitals, and many private physicians own fundus cameras and perform fluorescein angiograms routinely. As the use of this test has substantially increased, so has the number of methods used to present the film for analysis and interpretation. At this writing there are no fewer than 12 different ways of presenting fluorescein angiograms in common use (Table 1). Not all of these techniques are able to yield equal amounts of information, however, and as consultations between different laboratories occur, much difficulty results from the disparate styles. Evaluation of these varying techniques of fluorescein angiography presentation depends on the production complexity and the amount of useful information which each may yield.