• The most accurate test for this problem is called corneal topography, which creates a map of the curve of the cornea. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Corneal topography is done beforehand to rule out people with this condition. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Corneal tomography represents a major advance for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment planning, but there remains a need for classic imaging technologies, such as Placido topography, along with a comprehensive clinical evaluation, said Renato Ambrósio Jr., MD, PhD. (ophthalmologytimes.com)
  • Corneal topography does augment sensitivity to detect keratoconus in many cases with normal biomicroscopy and normal corrected visual acuity and is also efficient for identifying clinical keratoconus," he said. (ophthalmologytimes.com)
  • One such report described a case of unilateral ectasia identified in a patient who had been referred for treatment of keratoconus in his right eye.14 Unilaterality of the ectatic disease was confirmed by extensive diagnostic evaluation, including Placido disk-based corneal topography, Scheimpflug corneal tomography, ocular wavefront analysis, and corneal segmental tomography with epithelial thickness mapping by very high frequency digital ultrasound and spectral-domain OCT. (ophthalmologytimes.com)
  • Corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) has expanded the applications of topography-guided laser surgery to the correction of ectasia and keratoconus. (crstoday.com)
  • Topography-guided platforms use a Placido disk, Scheimpflug photography, or a combination of both methods to capture images, which the systems analyze to correct corneal shape via proprietary logarithms that use customized variables such as optical zone and tilt. (crstoday.com)
  • DOI techniques are classified into two groups: diffuse optical topography (DOI technique that provides topographic measurements) and diffuse optical tomography (DOI technique that creates tomographic images in 3-D). (news-medical.net)
  • Dr. Ambrósio said that a classic question about tomography relates to whether it is a more sensitive modality than Placido disk-based topography to detect mild forms of keratoconus and screen for ectasia risk prior to refractive laser vision correction (LVC). (ophthalmologytimes.com)
  • Both the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division and the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have a long history of research in the areas of inhalation toxicology, environmental health, environmental epidemiology, and air pollution health effects. (rochester.edu)
  • We have found customized topographical neutralization, done simultaneously, to be effective in correcting induced refractive error from the topography-guided treatment with added manifest refraction. (crstoday.com)
  • In the quest for enhanced ectasia diagnosis, we have to go beyond topography, which only provides two-dimensional information about the front surface of the cornea,' said Dr. Ambrósio, professor of ophthalmology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UniRIO), Brazil. (ophthalmologytimes.com)
  • Treatment depends on the patient's overall condition, comorbidities, and primary disorder (if any), as well as on the size and topography of the abscess. (medscape.com)
  • We evaluate patient's smoking topography, understanding that tobacco dependence will be treated as any other medical condition that needs to be controlled. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • The current topography is not supplied, but the original preoperative topography shows some irregularity in the patient's right eye that might indicate residual warpage from RGP contact lenses at the time of the original ablation. (crstoday.com)
  • Brain topography on adult ultrasound images: Techniques, interpretation, and image library. (bvsalud.org)
  • While the literature has investigated the accuracy of diagnosis of intracranial pathology with ultrasound, we lack a reference source for images acquired on cranial topography on B-mode ultrasound to illustrate the appearance of normal and abnormal structures of the brain and skull . (bvsalud.org)
  • Micro- and nanotopographies can interfere with bacteria attachment, however, the interplay existing between surface chemistry and topography remains unclear. (tmu.edu.tw)
  • A uniform surface chemistry of allylamine plasma polymer (AAMpp) is coated on the top of the BCCs to study only the topography effects. (tmu.edu.tw)
  • Scanning electron microscopic images of the microrough sandblasted and thermal acid-etched surface of Thommen Medical implants with increasing magnification. (thommenmedical.com)
  • NPL can supply calibrated artefacts for 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional surface topography measuring instruments. (npl.co.uk)
  • ISO 25178-6, are emerging for 3-dimensional surface topography measurements. (npl.co.uk)
  • Supporting these new measurement requirements, NPL has developed a three-dimensional, or areal, surface texture measurement capability to calibrate standard artefacts for the verification of measurement instruments and provide directly traceable measurements for components such as optical components (e.g. lenses), machined parts (e.g. cylinders liners), industrial coatings, bio-medical devices, wafers for microelectronics and MEMS. (npl.co.uk)
  • We provide comprehensive medical and surgical management of conditions involving the cornea, conjunctiva and ocular surface, as well as disorders of the anterior chamber, iris and lens. (uky.edu)
  • Results: There was no significant differences among SIN®, Morelli®, and Conexao® mini-implants comparing their surface topography by visualization of SEM micrographs and analysis of scores. (bvsalud.org)
  • Only SIN® mini-implants presented N and O. As far as surface topography is concerned, there are no differences among the three brands of mini-implants. (bvsalud.org)
  • The objective of this study was to assess the surface topography and chemical composition of three brands of mini-implants (Morelli®, SIN® and Conexao®) by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX). (bvsalud.org)
  • I serve as the clinical oversight for Project 2 which, in part, focuses on the topography of E-cigarette use. (rochester.edu)
  • This patient has two options for a low-diopter enhancement, as long as the topography and clinical data are stable. (crstoday.com)
  • Moreover, this takes place in the clinic, "which is often a very heterogeneous clinical environment, and there's no one standard way to do it," he told Medscape Medical News . (medscape.com)
  • This kind of topography is used to continuously monitor the brain function in the cortical areas. (news-medical.net)
  • Medical management as the only treatment of selected splenic abscesses has been advocated in several studies but remains controversial. (medscape.com)
  • 1 The topography-guided platform with which we have the most experience is the Allegretto Wave Eye-Q excimer laser system with T-CAT (topographyguided custom ablation treatment) software (Alcon Laboratories, Inc.). Some of the other units currently available outside the United States are the CRS-Master (Carl Zeiss Meditec AG), Nidek Navex Quest (Nidek Co., Ltd.), and the iVis Suite (iVis Technologies). (crstoday.com)
  • Topography-guided laser surgery may be a better choice than standard treatment for eyes with high degrees of irregular astigmatism after keratoplasty, because the former modality improves symptoms with less regression and decreases higher-order aberrations (Figure 2). (crstoday.com)
  • 5 That said, we were not able to show a statistical difference between procedures in our recent series of 63 cases (34 topography guided, 29 standard treatment), but the eyes that underwent topography-guided laser surgery achieved a better UCVA and BSCVA with a greater gain of 2 lines of vision than the wavefrontoptimized group. (crstoday.com)
  • The means of filtrating, precipitating, sterilizing, adsorbing and ion regulating were adopted in water processing system to purify the water from primitive and to pure state for living or medical treatment. (who.int)
  • HSI, otherwise known as imaging spectrometer, is an evolving procedure for various medical applications, specifically in image-guided surgery and diagnosis of diseases. (news-medical.net)
  • with the development of medical topographies and statis- The geographic features of Russia and intensive globaliza- tics applied to infectious diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • Background: Sciatic nerve presents significant variations that pertain to its topography and divisions. (researchgate.net)
  • Gait function is normally "assessed with the naked eye," explained Tsao-Wei Liang, MD, medical director at the Jefferson Comprehensive Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Thomas Jefferson University, who is co-author of the second study. (medscape.com)
  • It included diagnostic, medical and surgical interventions. (who.int)
  • These results provide an in vivo account of how the functional topography of the LC changes over aging, and imply that spatial features of this organization are relevant markers of LC-related behavioral measures and psychopathology. (elifesciences.org)
  • Results The water processing and supply system has some disadvantages, such as water quality guarantee, water quantity abundance, water flow stabilization, water pressure qualification, and system safety, credibility, low failure-ratio, energy saving etc, and can meet the needs of medical water in field operations. (who.int)
  • This study examined whether WTS frequency was associated with differential puff topography, toxicant exposure, and subjective response using a placebo-control design. (nih.gov)
  • Part I of this two-part study aims to define corrugator supercilii muscle topography with respect to external bony landmarks. (elsevierpure.com)
  • This online MA in Medical Humanities is an exciting and challenging course that applies the knowledge and insight of the humanities and social sciences to study and understand better what is meant by health and illness outside of a medical context and, in particular, to analyse how our thoughts and physical experiences become recognised as symptoms. (findamasters.com)
  • The TBI was developed by Dr. Ambrósio and colleagues in a multicenter study including one randomly selected eye from subgroups of patients with normal (n = 480) or keratoconic corneas (n = 204) and using the random forest method with leave-one out cross-validation, an efficient artificial intelligence technique for classification.1 The study also included 94 eyes with normal topography from patients with VAE. (ophthalmologytimes.com)
  • Meanwhile, it is also emerging as a regional destination for medical tourism, including both life-saving surgeries and aesthetic procedures. (oxfordbusinessgroup.com)
  • Recently, advances in image analysis techniques, computational power, and hyper-spectral cameras enable the utilization of HSI in various medical applications. (news-medical.net)
  • Global Medical Refrigerators for Vaccine Storage Market 2020 by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2025 published by MarketsandResearch.biz describes market introduction, product scope, market overview, and meticulous analysis of the market in the forecasted period from 2020 to 2025. (pharmiweb.com)
  • The report covers the essential aspects of the global Medical Refrigerators for Vaccine Storage market such as historical and anticipated market data, market size (value and volume), share (value and volume), demand-supply analysis, value chain analysis, and market opportunities. (pharmiweb.com)
  • Currently at the Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX. (nih.gov)
  • Dr. Yutskovskaya is from Pacific State Medical University of Health Ministry of Russia, Vladivostok, Russia. (jcadonline.com)
  • My work in the medical intensive care unit (ICU) in the University of Rochester Medical Center involves caring for critically ill patients in the hospital. (rochester.edu)
  • I grew up in the Midwest, completing my undergraduate and medical school training at Indiana University. (rochester.edu)
  • The various titles will represent a series of necessary compromises between classifications based on aetiology, anatomical site, circumstances of onset, etc., as well as the quality of information available on medical reports. (cdc.gov)
  • Indications for topography-guided laser surgery include complications from refractive surgery, postkeratoplasty astigmatism, and highly irregular astigmatism. (crstoday.com)
  • It examines the market in terms of topography, technology, and consumers. (pharmiweb.com)
  • After creating 8.2-mm flaps using the IntraLase FS 60 laser (Abbott Medical Optics Inc., Santa Ana, CA) at a depth of 110 μm, the surgeon performed bilateral customized myopic ablations with a Visx Star S4 excimer laser system (Abbott Medical Optics Inc.). The patient had a visual acuity of 20/20 OU on postoperative day 1 and did well for 5 years after surgery. (crstoday.com)
  • Topography-guided laser surgery may help in these challenging cases (Figure 1), but in our experience, the procedure is probably better performed before than after cataract surgery. (crstoday.com)
  • Karst topography makes up about half of Croatia and is especially prominent in the Dinaric Alps, as well as throughout the coastal areas and the islands. (wikipedia.org)
  • Guatemala's topography is very mountainous, which makes it immensely beautiful. (tuftsgloballeadership.org)
  • The incoming Optometrist will practice full scope medical optometry. (optiboard.com)
  • Figure 2 shows the map captured by the WaveScan Wavefront System (Abbott Medical Optics Inc.) for her right eye. (crstoday.com)
  • Adjustments must also be made to meet the varied requirements of vital statistics offices, hospitals of different types, medical services of the armed forces, social insurance organizations, sickness surveys, and numerous other agencies. (cdc.gov)
  • While in medical school I completed a Master's in Public Health in public health policy and management. (rochester.edu)
  • Both the slitlamp and dilated fundus examinations were entirely normal, as was her medical history. (crstoday.com)
  • Topography-guided laser surgery has been highly effective for improving the symptoms of glare, halos, and poor night vision by expanding the optical zone. (crstoday.com)
  • A major advantage of a topography-guided over a wavefront-guided laser relates to capturing images in highly aberrated corneas. (crstoday.com)
  • Although previous histological studies have shown that the LC has heterogeneous connections and cellular features, no studies have yet assessed its functional topography in vivo, how this heterogeneity changes over aging, and whether it is associated with cognition and mood. (elifesciences.org)
  • Topography-guided laser systems have been available outside the United States for 10 years, and these products are in various stages of the FDA approval process. (crstoday.com)
  • More specifically, a loss of rostral-like connectivity, more clustered functional topography, and greater asymmetry between right and left LC gradients was associated with higher age and worse behavioral performance. (elifesciences.org)
  • Regarding the body fat topography, most showed higher concentration of fat in the thigh, and smaller deposits in the biceps region. (bvsalud.org)
  • the assessment of the prevalence of obesity and subcutaneous fat topography are important resources to support researchers, and practitioners who work directly on improving the quality of life of children and adolescents with Down syndrome. (bvsalud.org)
  • After completing multiple public health policy projects in the U.S. and abroad, I started my internal medicine training at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. (rochester.edu)
  • For outstanding product development and design, Thommen Medical AG has been honored with the distinguished reddot design product award 2011. (thommenmedical.com)