Ophthalmic Imaging is a discipline in the Physiological Sciences that facilitates the screening, diagnosis, monitoring and management of ocular disease and trauma.

The provision of Standards was ratified at the Annual OIA Conference in 2025. For the purposes of quality management - and the delivery of consistent, patient-centred care - Standards in the acquisition, quality assurance and reporting practices of diagnostic imaging techniques will be described below, in time.

Standards documents will only be released after a rigorous peer review process within the OIA Standards Committee. Each Standards document is reviewed every 2-years, or where there has been significant advancement in technologies or methodology that requires expediting. Standards in Fundus Photography, Biometry, Optical Coherence Tomography, Ultrasound B-scan, Paediatric Imaging, and Angiography are anticipated to be published before the close of 2026. Critical evaluation of these Standards is welcome, and may be used as a reference to evaluate or refine service delivery.

It should be noted that OIA Standards of practice do not supersede the values of Good Scientific Practice (Jenkins & Smith, 2025) or the Standards of Proficiency for Healthcare Science Practitioners (Jenkins, 2023). And further professional guidance on the utility of diagnostic techniques and professional practice may be described by other professional and regulatory bodies, including the AHCS, Institute for Medical Illustrators, British Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision, the College of Optometrists, or Royal College of Ophthalmology.