UPMC Eye Center, Eye and Ear Institute, Ophthalmology and Visual Science Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Aims: To assess ...

Jelena Prtorić is a journalist that (mainly) covers South-eastern Europe, she writes for web and print platforms, in Croatian, English, and French. She usually writes about politics, human rights, ...

It’s very hard to tell the difference between Fusarium and Aspergillus species with in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) of fungal keratitis, researchers say. It’s very hard to tell the difference ...

Thirty eyes of 30 diabetic patients (non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus) underwent PRP for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Subjects with glaucoma or family history of glaucoma, any coexisting ...

Optic nerve head area and shape did not meet a diagnostic benchmark designed to distinguish healthy and glaucomatous optic nerve heads, a study found. Measurement software included in the Heidelberg ...

To evaluate and compare the diagnostic accuracy of the Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT) version 3 with that of glaucoma specialists using stereophotography in discriminating between normal eyes and ...

Endothelial cells and mural cells (smooth muscle cells, pericytes, or fibroblasts) are known to communicate with one another. Their interactions not only serve to support fully functional blood ...

Using a tomograph on borderline and other challenging glaucoma cases can assist physicians in monitoring structural changes and abnormalities that could affect disease classification, a glaucoma ...

Stroke is the third leading cause of death and a significant contributor of morbidity in the United States. In humans, suboptimal cerebral collateral circulation within the circle of Willis (CW) ...

Methods All participants had HRT2 scanning of the optic nerve head. Inclusion criteria were scans with good centration and focus, even illumination, an overall quality score by HRT3 of acceptable or ...