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Artificial intelligence in eyecare: how do we ensure new technologies truly benefit our patients?
3 April 2023
| Fiona Buckmaster
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EYE - General
From monitoring patients with heart disease to improving the early diagnosis of cancer, artificial intelligence (AI) using deep learning techniques is already employed in many different healthcare specialties [1]. In the eyecare field, AI technologies have been used to analyse...
Recognising the AOP’s Peer Support service this Mental Health Week
The Association of Optometrists (AOP) Peer Support line celebrates its sixth-year anniversary this month.AOP delivers world class education at record breaking 100% Optical
The AOP provided over 120 hours of CPD accredited sessions to thousands of delegates from 24 to 26 February.
Systemic and Ophthalmic Management of Diabetes Mellitus
Chris Steele, the Head of Optometry in Sunderland Eye Infirmary, has a wealth of experience and knowledge in retinal pathology and has recently published what is now his second book on diabetes. This has been a major undertaking, taking three...Fundus photography in Malawi – setting up a screening programmefor diabetic retinopathy
1 August 2016
| Frederick Burgess, Joseph Msosa, Caroline Styles
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
We present the case of a 53-year-old lady who presented to the diabetes outpatient clinic at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Lilongwe, Malawi. She was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus six years ago, for which she takes metformin orally. She...
Headset perimetry
3 April 2023
| David Haider
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EYE - General
Visual field analysers are traditionally large table mounted devices, designed specifically for field capture and analysis. Over the last year or so a number of companies have started to disrupt this space with the introduction of headset-based field analysers, mostly...
Viral conjunctivitis and COVID-19
23 March 2020
A joint statement was released by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and College of Optometrists on 19 March.
Are we short-sighted about myopia?
1 December 2017
| Janis B Orr, James SW Wolffsohn (Prof)
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General
Worldwide prevalence of myopia has increased rapidly in recent years and has now reached epidemic levels, particularly in South-East Asia where prevalence is around 80% [1-4]. Myopia prevalence is also increasing in the United States and Europe where it is...
Differences in elastometry of cornea and optic nerve head in both eyes of patients with NAION
1 February 2019
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Corneal hysteresis, corneal resistance factor, non-arteritic anterior ischaemic neuropathy, optic nerve head biomechanics, real-time elastography
Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is an important cause of visual loss in the middle aged and elderly population. This prospective cross-sectional study investigates the biomechanical properties of optic nerve head (ONH) and cornea in both eyes of patients...
Andy Hill (NuVision Biotherapies) discusses recent AOP update to clinical guidelines
8 December 2023
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NuVision, Andy Hill, amniotic membranes, guidelines, AOP, optometrist, outpatient, dry eye, lens
There are currently 600,000 people on the NHS waiting list for ophthalmology treatment, and over 5 million people in the UK currently live with dry eye disease. Here Andy Hill, CEO at NuVision Biotherapies Ltd, discusses a recent update to clinical guidelines and what this means for optometrists, patients, and taxpayers.
Access to eyecare based on geographical location
The authors aimed to evaluate access to paediatric ophthalmology using geo-informatics (OpenStreetMap software) with the objectives being to calculate driving time between vision screening centres and eyecare providers (ophthalmologists or optometrists) coupled with mapping to demographic information and economic census...The ‘art’ of refraction – designing a refraction course
1 April 2016
| Inderpaul S Sian, Paul Artes (Prof), Phillip Buckhurst
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EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
Learning how to refract requires theoretical knowledge, practice and determination. Refraction is a notoriously challenging skill to acquire and the competing demands on junior ophthalmologists can often be restrictive of the development of this core skill. To consolidate theory learnt...
