The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening for open angle glaucoma: a systematic review and economic evaluation.

JM Burr, G Mowatt, R Hernández… - Health technology …, 2007 - researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk
OBJECTIVES: To assess whether open angle glaucoma (OAG) screening meets the UK
National Screening Committee criteria, to compare screening strategies with case finding, to …

Ultraviolet radiation as a risk factor for cataract and macular degeneration

JE Roberts - Eye & contact lens, 2011 - journals.lww.com
The human eye is constantly exposed to sunlight and artificial lighting. Light transmission
through the eye is fundamental to its unique biological functions of directing vision and …

Incidence and prevalence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

G Raghu, D Weycker, J Edelsberg… - American journal of …, 2006 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic interstitial lung disease of unknown
etiology; its epidemiology in the United States has not been well characterized. Objective: To …

The economic burden of major adult visual disorders in the United States

DB Rein, P Zhang, KE Wirth, PP Lee… - Archives of …, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To estimate the societal economic burden and the governmental budgetary impact
of the following visual disorders among US adults aged 40 years and older: visual …

A higher incidence of intermittent hypoxemic episodes is associated with severe retinopathy of prematurity

JM Di Fiore, JN Bloom, F Orge, A Schutt… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a vasoproliferative disorder of the retina in
preterm infants, is associated with multiple factors, including oxygenation level. We explored …

Method and apparatus for performing optical imaging using frequency-domain interferometry

SH Yun, BE Bouma, GJ Tearney, JF De Boer - US Patent 7,733,497, 2010 - Google Patents
3,090,753 3,601.480 3,856,000 3,872.407 3,941,121 3,973,219 3,983,507 4,030,827
4,140,364 4,141,362 4,224,929 4,295,738 4,300,816 4,303.300 4,428,643 4,479,499 …

[HTML][HTML] Combined impairments in vision, hearing and cognition are associated with greater levels of functional and communication difficulties than cognitive …

DM Guthrie, JGS Davidson, N Williams, J Campos… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Objectives The objective of the current study was to understand the added effects of having
a sensory impairment (vision and/or hearing impairment) in combination with cognitive …

Prevalence and economic burden of bronchiectasis

D Weycker, J Edelsberg, G Oster… - Clinical Pulmonary …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
We employed a retrospective cohort design to estimate the prevalence and economic
burden of bronchiectasis. Data were obtained from the health-care claims processing …

System and method for optical coherence imaging

M Shishkov, BE Bouma, GJ Tearney - US Patent 7,366,376, 2008 - Google Patents
Apparatus and method are provided for transmitting at least one electro-magnetic radiation
is provided. In particular, at least one optical fiber having at least one end extending along a …

Spectral domain optical coherence tomography: ultra-high speed, ultra-high resolution ophthalmic imaging

TC Chen, B Cense, MC Pierce, N Nassif… - Archives of …, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To introduce a new ophthalmic optical coherence tomography technology that
allows unprecedented simultaneous ultra-high speed and ultra-high resolution. Methods …