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Smartphone based visual acuity
1 October 2015
| Nana Theodorou
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Smartphone technology is becoming widely available to all age groups and settings. Apps using Snellen acuity charts are widely available and this study evaluated the equivalence of a smartphone-based visual acuity chart with a standard 6m Snellen visual acuity (6SVA)...
Orbis and FundamentalVR to talk at 100% Optical
The health care technology company teams up with the global non-profit to showcase how simulation, telemedicine and virtual reality (VR) are changing the landscape of cataract surgery education.RNIB to host Inclusive Design for Sustainability Conference
26 May 2023
RNIB Scotland to host Inclusive Design for Sustainability Conference at Glasgow Science Centre on June 21-22.
Retinal structural features of CMV retinitis
1 October 2016
| Anjali Gupta
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Confocal adaptive optics (AO) technology has enabled cellular level retinal imaging, including imaging of photoreceptors and blood flow. Adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) is a technology that provides high resolution and high contrast retinal images by correcting ocular aberrations....
Moorfields medical retina: design thinking and service delivery of intravitreal injection service
19 September 2025
The Medical Retina service is constantly evolving and developing due to a rise in disease prevalence and treatment evolution. This unique course is especially designed for managers and clinical leaders in medical retina services. The course draws on the strength...
Nano-ophthalmology paves a new path in the future of eyecare
1 December 2022
| Stylianos Mastronikolis, Jayasis Bandyopadhyay
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EYE - General
Introduction The treatments of ocular conditions in the field of ophthalmology varies from topical to surgical procedures. The field of nanotechnology is one of the fast-growing fields of medicine, which plays an important role in turning the impossibilities of the...
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital first in UK to use ultra-wide field OCT angiography machine in patient facing setting
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital announces it is the first in the UK to utilise the ultra-wide field OCT angiography machine, the Xephilio OCT-S1 from Canon, in a patient facing setting.What’s next in retinal imaging? Faster, deeper and full-on
Fast-evolving technological leaps are opening the way toward clinically useful ocular coherence angiography, generating 3-dimensional microvasculature maps without intravenous dye injection, as well as whole-eye imaging, handheld patient-operated optical coherence tomography (OCT) devices and, for challenging vitreoretinal procedures, integrated intraoperative...VisionSpring’s screening methodology is adopted by the World Health Organisation to increase global access to reading glasses
9 January 2023
By endorsing the training of health workers and nurses to identify blurry near vision and dispense reading glasses, the WHO’s new training program is helping solve this billion person issue.
Unlocking the power of simulation: a next generation solution to training ophthalmic professionals
30 November 2020
With experts predicting that global blindness will triple by 2050, and the number of people requiring eyecare already outpacing the number of trained ophthalmologists, eyecare training has never been more vital. Traditional in-person ophthalmic training has been curtailed by the...
Cost-effectiveness of femtosecond cataract surgery
1 June 2014
| Brian Ang
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Ophthalmology
Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery has become increasingly popular due to the reported benefits of increasing precision and reproducibility of capsulorrhexis, less power and manipulation required during phacoemulsification, better corneal wound architecture, and the ability to place precise arcuate keratotomy incisions...
