Cataracts

YC Liu, M Wilkins, T Kim, B Malyugin, JS Mehta - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
An estimated 95 million people worldwide are affected by cataract. Cataract still remains the
leading cause of blindness in middle-income and low-income countries. With the …

[PDF][PDF] Disparities in vision health and eye care

AR Elam, VL Tseng, TM Rodriguez, EV Mike… - Ophthalmology, 2022 - Elsevier
Conclusions As we continue on the journey of addressing disparities in eye care and vision
health, it is imperative to know where we currently stand to move our field forward in an …

Global variations and time trends in the prevalence of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG): a systematic review and meta-analysis

VV Kapetanakis, MPY Chan, PJ Foster… - British Journal of …, 2016 - bjo.bmj.com
Systematic review of published population based surveys to examine the relationship
between primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) prevalence and demographic factors. A …

Self-implantable double-layered micro-drug-reservoirs for efficient and controlled ocular drug delivery

A Than, C Liu, H Chang, PK Duong… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Eye diseases and injuries impose a significant clinical problem worldwide. Safe and
effective ocular drug delivery is, however, challenging due to the presence of ocular barriers …

Long-term outcomes from the HORIZON randomized trial for a Schlemm's canal microstent in combination cataract and glaucoma surgery

IIK Ahmed, T De Francesco, D Rhee, C McCabe… - Ophthalmology, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose To present the 5-year results of the HORIZON trial comparing cataract surgery (CS)
combined with an intracanalicular microstent with CS alone. Design Prospective …

[HTML][HTML] Updates on the epidemiology of age-related macular degeneration

JB Jonas, CMG Cheung, S Panda-Jonas - Asia-Pacific Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
This meta-analysis reports on current estimates of the prevalence of age-related macular
degeneration (AMD) based on a review of recent meta-analyses and literature research …

Association of axial length with risk of uncorrectable visual impairment for Europeans with myopia

JWL Tideman, MCC Snabel, MS Tedja… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Myopia (ie, nearsightedness) is becoming the most common eye disorder to
cause blindness in younger persons in many parts of the world. Visual impairment due to …

Multi-categorical deep learning neural network to classify retinal images: A pilot study employing small database

JY Choi, TK Yoo, JG Seo, J Kwak, TT Um, TH Rim - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Deep learning emerges as a powerful tool for analyzing medical images. Retinal disease
detection by using computer-aided diagnosis from fundus image has emerged as a new …

A Schlemm canal microstent for intraocular pressure reduction in primary open-angle glaucoma and cataract: the HORIZON study

TW Samuelson, DF Chang, R Marquis, B Flowers… - Ophthalmology, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To compare cataract surgery with implantation of a Schlemm canal microstent with
cataract surgery alone for the reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) and medication use …

Deep learning based retinal OCT segmentation

M Pekala, N Joshi, TYA Liu, NM Bressler… - Computers in biology …, 2019 - Elsevier
We look at the recent application of deep learning (DL) methods in automated fine-grained
segmentation of spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of the retina …