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What Your Eyes Reveal About Your Well-Being
Tilottama Basnet, B.Optom Student, Acharya Institute of Allied Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India Introduction The eyes serve as perceptive gauges and windows into our general well-being. Variations in vision, the appearance of the eyes, or pain may be...
Can We Detect Neurological Diseases Through the Eyes?
Gisbi Susan Shaji, M.Optom Junior Research Fellow, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India Understanding how the brain works is one of the most fundamental scientific concerns today. Conventional brain imaging techniques make it difficult to study...
Role of Artificial Intelligence in Diagnosis and Management of Keratoconus
Sanjukta Jana, B.Optom Intern-Optometrist, LVPEI - Bhubaneswar, India Across all health paradigms, early disease diagnosis and its management will outsmart the long-time health hazards for our patients. Nowadays, machine learning techniques have been introduced...
Insightful Vision: How Artificial Intelligence Transforms Age-Related Macular Degeneration Care
Reshma S Suresh, B.Optom M.Optom Student, The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, Chennai, India Keywords: Artificial intelligence, Age related macular degeneration, Screening Introduction Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a progressive eye condition affecting...
The Vital Role of Optometrists in Tele-ophthalmology: Enriching Eye-Care for the Community
Kristi Sharma, B.Optom M.Optom Student, The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, Chennai, India Introduction The advent of telemedicine has revolutionised healthcare globally, especially in the realm of eye care in the form of teleophthalmology. Teleophthalmology has...
Seeing is Believing: The Promise of Retinal Gene Therapy
Aakanksha Pathania, B.Optom The eye is a complex sensory organ that evolved to promote our survival and appreciation of beauty. (1) Retinal genetic defects cause sight-impairing and blinding disorders that lead to degeneration and death of visual cells. (2)Â Â ...
Optical Diagnostics: Importance of Imaging Biomarkers for Prediction of Early Diagnosis and Treatment Response in Ocular Conditions
Sathishkumar S, B.Optom Research Fellow, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India In this rapidly evolving area of vision research, the investigation of histopathological biomarkers combined with improved imaging techniques will result in...
Vision for Everyone: Bridging Gaps in Eye Care Access
Sarbari Ray, B.Optom India is an unique nation with diverse geographical location, weather, languages, culture, prejudice level of literacy and overall economic condition.(1) In our diverse India, community eye care plays a vital role for early detection of eye...
Eyes on the Horizon: Unravelling Eye Cancer in Adults and Children
Keya Chakrabarty, B.Optom 3rd year Student, NSHM Knowledge Campus - Kolkata, India Nothing in this world that is beyond limit is good. Similarly, excessive growth of cells in the human body does not feel good. It leads to cancer and can happen in various organs...
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