Vendor-neutral OCT education built for optometrists. From B-scan basics to full OCTA mastery — structured, clinically rigorous, and completely free.
¹ Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Optometrists, 2023–24 edition.
SlabED was created by an optometrist who reads OCT and OCTA scans in daily practice — not a vendor, not a CE company, not an AI. The curriculum comes from real clinical experience: the interpretation questions that come up in exam lanes, the pathology patterns that change management, and the en face knowledge that optometry programs skip entirely.
From retinal layer anatomy to full OCTA interpretation — structured, clinically rigorous, and completely free. No credit card. No paywall. No trial period. The full curriculum, open the moment you sign up.
Before you can identify pathology, you need to own the normal. This lesson walks through all ten retinal layers visible on OCT — from the internal limiting membrane (ILM) at the top to the choroid below — with the specific hyperreflective and hyporeflective bands that define each one.
EZ band — the ellipsoid zone (bright hyperreflective line) is your photoreceptor health marker. Disruption here means outer retinal damage.
RPE — the retinal pigment epithelium sits directly above Bruch's membrane. Drusen, PED, and CNV all distort this layer first.
RNFL — nerve fiber layer thinning on OCT is the earliest structural sign of glaucoma, often visible before field loss.
Choroidal vessels — irregular hyporeflective spaces below the RPE. Pachychoroid pattern and lesions originate here.
Real OCT B-scans from peer-reviewed open-access research — the same pathology patterns covered in every SlabED module.
Clinical scans: Kulyabin M et al. OCTDL dataset. Scientific Data 11:365 (2024) — CC BY 4.0
En face imaging reveals pathology that cross-sectional B-scans miss entirely. But optometry programs barely cover it, CE courses skip it, and equipment reps assume you already know it. The result: practices running $40K machines at half their diagnostic potential.
No structured curriculum exists for en face interpretation. ODs are guessing or avoiding the modality entirely.
A $10K–$15K OCTA upgrade unlocks capabilities most ODs aren't trained to use. Practices stall on the investment — not from cost, but from uncertainty about return.
Equipment reps teach their platform, not the science. You need vendor-neutral education to make the right purchase.
Start where you are. Every optometrist follows a structured path from their current skill level to full OCTA fluency.
Every module maps imaging findings to management decisions. Not theory for theory's sake.
Learn to synthesize B-scan, en face, OCT-A, and structural en face findings for AMD, diabetic retinopathy, RVO, CSC, ERM, macular holes, and choroidal lesions.
ILM, superficial capillary plexus, deep capillary plexus, outer retina, RPE/Bruch's, choriocapillaris, and choroid. Know which layer matters for which pathology.
10 clinical scenarios where en face imaging directly changes your treatment plan. CNV differentiation, macular ischemia detection, geographic atrophy monitoring, and more.
Vendor-neutral comparison of Zeiss, Topcon, Heidelberg, and Optovue platforms. Understand what you need before you spend $60K.
The 2026 OCTA-specific billing code — ~$56.93 nationally, higher than any standard OCT code. Learn when you can bill it, what documentation is required, which codes it cannot be combined with, and how the 2026 Stark Law update affects your practice. The module ODs need before they adopt OCTA.
SlabED is the only structured education platform dedicated to en face OCT imaging and OCTA for optometrists. Weekly lessons, clinical cases, and a clear pathway from wherever you are to wherever you need to be.
