As the eye's main load-bearing connective tissue, the sclera is centrally important to vision.
In addition to cooperatively maintaining refractive status with the cornea, the sclera must …

Glaucoma is a complex neurodegenerative disorder that is expected to affect 80 million
people by the end of this decade. Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are the most affected cell …

Objective: Current elastography techniques in the field of ophthalmology usually target one
specific tissue, such as the cornea or the sclera. However, the eye is an inter-related organ …

Background Glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, is a type of
retinal disease characterized by the selective death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) …

purpose. The biomechanical environment within the optic nerve head (ONH) may play a role
in retinal ganglion cell loss in glaucomatous optic neuropathy. This was a systematic …

Biomechanical factors acting at the level of the lamina cribrosa (LC) are postulated to play a
role in retinal ganglion cell dysfunction and loss in glaucoma. In support of this postulate, we …

Purpose.: To characterize scleral biomechanics in both eyes of eight monkeys in which
chronic intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation was induced in one eye. Methods.: Each …

Computational techniques and software for the analysis of problems in mechanics have
naturally moved from their origins in the traditional engineering disciplines to the study of …

purpose. To investigate relationships between acute intraocular pressure (IOP)–induced
optic nerve head surface deformation and corneal hysteresis and thickness in glaucomatous …

The optic nerve head (ONH) is of particular interest from a biomechanical perspective
because it is a weak spot within an otherwise strong corneo-scleral envelope. The lamina …