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Opening the AI ‘black box’ for glaucoma

3 February 2026 | | EYE - Glaucoma
Artificial intelligence (AI) models show great promise for glaucoma detection using retinal images, but their ‘black box’ nature is a major barrier to clinical adoption. Clinicians are often hesitant to trust a diagnosis without understanding its reasoning. This paper provides...
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Using ‘piggyback prisms’ to measure large angle strabismus – don’t simply add them together

3 April 2026 |
An experimental study was conducted with the aim of developing a method to measure strabismus angles larger than 50 prism dioptres (PD) using ‘piggyback prisms’ – stacking Fresnel and block prisms. The stacked prisms were placed 2cm from the light...

RCOphth: Portfolio Pathway Training Day

20 November 2025
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists: Portfolio Pathway Training Day

Emerging developments in dry eye

1 August 2017 | | EYE - Cornea
An estimated 344 million people worldwide suffer from dry eye [1]. This chronic syndrome is characterised by a vicious cycle of tear film hyperosmolarity, tear instability and corneal stress, leading to increased friction, inflammation, ocular surface damage and decreased visual...

Sensitive cilia – eyelashes in health and disease

5 October 2020 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - General
In health our eyelashes protect the eyes, but in disease they can disfigure, impair quality of life and threaten vision. In this review the authors discuss aspects of lashes that are relevant to all professionals working near the eyes and...

ABDO awards presented at graduation and prize giving ceremony

16 June 2025 | achievements, awards, news, opticians, optometry
The president of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO), Kevin Gutsell, presented six special awards at the Association's recent graduation and prize giving ceremony held at Canterbury Cathedral. ABDO Life Membership was awarded to Fiona Anderson, SMC (Tech), BSc...

Non-organic visual loss

2 December 2019 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General
Patients can present to eye departments with various signs and symptoms (mostly symptoms) with no obvious organic cause. These patients can be labelled with any of a wide range of diagnoses such as functional visual loss, functional overlay, psychosomatic reaction...

My top five ways in which LinkedIn can be useful for ophthalmologists

3 April 2023 | | EYE - General
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional social networking site, that allows over 830 million users from over 200 countries from a variety of industries to connect. As a result, it is a powerful tool used by professionals to network, collaborate,...

My Top Five: Ways in which LinkedIn can be useful for ophthalmologists

3 April 2023 | | EYE - General
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional social networking site, that allows over 830 million users from over 200 countries from a variety of industries to connect. As a result, it is a powerful tool used by professionals to network, collaborate,...

Surgical strategies to manage incomitant strabismus in adults

5 April 2022 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General
Incomitant vertical and / or horizontal strabismus is a challenging presentation. Patients are usually symptomatic as the onset is either sudden so they haven’t developed any coping mechanisms or very complex so that any coping mechanisms will not cover all...

A social media triumph for Ukraine

27 March 2023 | Written by | Ukraine, OAEE, charity
Following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in February last year, the charity Ophthalmic Aid to Eastern Europe (OAEE) set about trying to gather ophthalmic equipment and supplies for Ukraine.

Glaucoma UK’s campaign raises awareness of glaucoma through people’s unique glaucoma stories

26 June 2023 | GLAUCOMA, GAW2023, AWARENESS, GLAUCOMA UK
Glaucoma UK is marking Glaucoma Awareness Week 2023, which will run from 26 June to 2 July 2023.