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Prof. Pallikaris presentation "Emmetropia, the perfect imperfection"

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Santorini 7-8 July 2013 : IVO is hosting the OpAL Summer School in Visual Optics

The ASCRS 2013 Electronic Poster "Minimally Invasive Elastometry in
Living Human Eye" of Prof. Ioannis Pallikaris, was selected as the
honorable mention poster in the Cornea Category of the ASCRS 2013
Symposium.

Age related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy (DR) represents the most significant causes of visual impairment in terms of retinal related pathologies. Blindness due to AMD and DR may represent up to 50% and 15-17% of all cases, respectively, in the wealthier regions of the Americas, Europe and the Western Pacific. Early detection of these retinal pathologies may prevent vision loss. Fundus imaging represents an essential component of diagnostic imaging of the retina while it may provide adequate information for the screening/prevention of these 3 retinal pathologies. Unfortunately, the lack of such an important eye health screening/prevention service in under-served communities and the cost of such technological devices significantly contributes to the prevalence of these 3 main causes of blindness. Residents of rural and remote areas usually struggle to access timely, qualitative specialty medical care, primarily because specialized physicians are located in areas of concentrated population. The transmission of images from semi-automated fundus cameras in specialized centers for the evaluation by experienced personnel in frequent time intervals has been proposed many times as a highly promising approach for the low cost screening/preventive examination of the eye’s fundus. Nonetheless, most of the up to date investigations and efforts involved complexities either related to the utilized fundus cameras and/or the overall cost of the service in relation to the common health system services. In addition, most of the reports are limited to a very small number of nations, which usually represent highly advanced industrial countries. In view of the aforementioned, we will implement the research and development of a low cost and uncomplicated tele-health service for the screening and preventive examination of the eye’s fundus based on a new, low cost, automated fundus camera with networking capabilities.

The Institute of Vision and Optics is a partner of the OpAL initial training network that studies the Optical and Adaptational limits of Vision. For more information visit http://www.itn-opal.eu/.

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Corneal inlays and refined laser techniques maximize near vision, minimize the loss of distance vision and largely preserve cosmetic appearance.

Innovative optical concepts, corneal implants and evolving laser techniques are providing surgeons with many choices for presbyopia correction at the corneal plane, clinicians say.
Three distinct optical approaches potentially optimize near vision and minimize loss of distance vision in presbyopia treatment. The three approaches are near power in the pupil center, distance power in the pupil center and the pinhole effect.

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IVO is now one of the few opthalmological centers worldwide that own and use 2 different kinds of last generation Femtosecond Laser.

Femtosecond Laser 200 Hz Alcon Wavelight