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We appreciate the opportunity to respond to Drs Lecler and Gillard, and thank them for their comments. As noted by Lecler and Gillard, the ultrasonographer in our study was a technician rather than an ophthalmologist or radiologist. However, our technician is dedicated only to performing B-scan ocular ultrasonography, performs dozens of these examinations weekly, and teaches ultrasonography technique to residents. Therefore, we have confidence in the ultrasonographic images he provided. We acknowledge that our ultrasonographic images were limited in that they were still images rather than videos, and a 20-MHz probe was not used.

Source: Ophthalmology - February 16, 2018 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Melinda Y. Chang, Federico G. Velez, Joseph L. Demer, Laura Bonelli, Peter A. Quiros, Anthony C. Arnold, Alfredo A. Sadun, Stacy L. Pineles Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research