• This pilot study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of subthreshold micropulse yellow (577-nm) laser photocoagulation (SMYLP) in the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME). (nih.gov)
  • Treatment was performed by panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) in one session using Visulas Green VITE (multi spot laser). (zeiss.com)
  • Treatment modalities for CSC include focal laser photocoagulation, photodynamic therapy (PDT), and intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections [ 14 ]. (plos.org)
  • We herein present a case of JRCH observed with laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) before and after laser photocoagulation (LPC). (oncotarget.com)
  • Treatment is with dietary supplements, intravitreal injection of antivascular endothelial growth factor drugs, laser photocoagulation, photodynamic therapy, and low-vision devices. (merckmanuals.com)
  • Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) tear has been described to occur spontaneously, after laser photocoagulation and in recent times, after intravitreal injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents. (ijo.in)
  • Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) tear is an infrequent complication of pigment epithelial detachment in the elderly, and occurs either spontaneously or after laser photocoagulation. (ijo.in)
  • AIM--To evaluate whether perifoveal laser photocoagulation of soft drusen reduces the total area occupied by drusen. (bmj.com)
  • METHOD--In a prospective, randomised study, 20 patients (mean age 71.3 (SD 7.7) years) with early age-related maculopathy (ARM) in the form of soft drusen and pigmentary changes and with good visual acuity (0.94 (0.09)) were treated with argon green laser photocoagulation. (bmj.com)
  • CONCLUSION--The study suggests that the area occupied by soft drusen in patients with early ARM decreases after perifoveal laser photocoagulation but increases in an untreated control group. (bmj.com)
  • The 11 patients were diagnosed with antiphospholipid syndrome: 9 patients were treated successfully with laser photocoagulation and anticoag- ulant and anti-aggregant therapy. (who.int)
  • we recommend a systematic search for antiphospholipid antibodies in occlusions of unexplained origin and laser photocoagulation treatment and long-term oral anticoagulant and anti-aggregant therapy. (who.int)
  • Le syndrome des antiphospholipides a été diagnostiqué chez 11 patients : neuf patients ont été traités avec succès par photocoagulation au laser associant un traitement anticoagulant et antiagrégant. (who.int)
  • nous recommandons une re- cherche systématique des anticorps antiphospholipides dans les occlusions d'origine inexpliquée et un traitement par photocoagulation au laser et un traitement anticoagulant et antiagrégant de longue durée. (who.int)
  • If the presence of abnormal blood vessels is detected, a small application of laser treatment (Focal Laser Treatment) or a wider area of laser treatment (panretinal photocoagulation-PRP) may be the treatment of choice. (randeye.com)
  • laser photocoagulation is preceded by fluorescein angiography to try to identify a focal source of leakage. (gpnotebook.com)
  • Since the publication of the Branch Vein Occlusion Study (BVOS) 25 years ago, grid laser photocoagulation has been the standard of care for BRVO-associated macular edema. (entokey.com)
  • Laser photocoagulation and intravitreal injections are two common treatment approaches used by retina specialists to manage retinal conditions. (hiepsionlie.info)
  • This systematic review was compiled according to the PRISMA criteria ( 7 ) and included an electronic literature search in PubMed and Web of Science up to and including January 2017 using the keywords laser pointer retina, laser pointer maculopathy, laser pointer eye, and laser pointers. (aerzteblatt.de)
  • A novel retina imaging technique using the NGENUITY ® 3D Visualization System unveiled by surgeons seeking to develop more efficient methods for fluorescein angiography. (digitalproducer.com)
  • Her passion is in refractive surgery including surface treatments, LASIK, phakic IOLs, customised cataract surgery, intracorneal rings, cross linking and presbyopia with special interests are in cataract and refractive surgery, medical retina including fluorescein angiography and laser. (whatclinic.com)
  • Fluorescein angiography involves injecting a dye into the arm and taking a series of photographs as the dye circulates through the blood vessels in the retina. (hiepsionlie.info)
  • Laser eye surgery creates small burns in the retina where there are abnormal blood vessels. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) was used to re-evaluate eyes for PCV. (bmj.com)
  • 5 , 7 , 8 Why some patients have a poor response to ranibizumab is not well understood, but use of indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) has revealed the presence of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) in several patients with neovascular AMD who did not respond to repeated injections of anti-VEGF agents. (bmj.com)
  • Where the diagnosis is uncertain, indocyanine green angiography can demonstrate classic midphase hyperpermeability. (edu.au)
  • We used Brown Norway rats, in which choroidal and retinal neovascularization was induced using intraocular laser impacts. (molvis.org)
  • The role of nestin was examined using angiography, western blot from the second to the 14th day after laser impacts, and intraocular injection of nestin siRNA. (molvis.org)
  • The intraocular and fluorescein angiography confirmed the complete vascular occlusion as the main pa- thology (Figure 2). (who.int)
  • Mild laser burns (200 microns) were placed within a temporal horseshoe-shaped area, extending from a distance of no less than 500 microns from the centre of the fovea to the vascular arcades. (bmj.com)
  • Fluorescein angiography aids identification of pigment epithelial leaks and targets the use of argon laser treatment if outside the fovea. (edu.au)
  • Berger was a pioneer of quantitative retinal imaging with a number of publications on image analysis methods for modalities such as fluorescein angiography. (wikipedia.org)
  • Based on the results reported at the ARVO 2023 Annual Meeting, Optos issued a press release in late May 2023 regarding its decision to expand the optomap UWF retinal imaging modalities available with the California fluorescein angiography device to include the first UWF color RGB image. (ophthalmologytimes.com)
  • It can sometimes be treated by laser surgery. (aanos.org)
  • Retinal tears are often sealed with laser surgery. (randeye.com)
  • She is one of the pioneers of laser cataract surgery, the first ophthalmologist to perform Intracor in Australasia, and also involved with the introduction of Supracor and Kamra. (whatclinic.com)
  • With this surgery, your ophthalmologist applies many tiny laser pulses to areas of fluid leakage around the macula . (aao.org)
  • Eyedrops, medicines or laser surgery do not improve vision. (randeye.com)
  • This may be relevant as a previous trial, the Standard Care versus Corticosteroid for Retinal Vein Occlusion study (SCORE), failed to show any superiority of intravitreal triamcinolone injections over grid laser for treating macular edema secondary to BRVO. (entokey.com)
  • Laser therapy is often used to seal leaking blood vessels or create scars to prevent further damage, while intravitreal injections deliver medications directly into the eye to reduce inflammation and inhibit the growth of abnormal blood vessels. (hiepsionlie.info)
  • He developed a system for evaluating and standardizing images in clinical trials and was a principal investigator for the NEI-funded Complications of AMD Prevention Trial (CAPT). He was an expert on laser tissue interactions and worked on eye tracking laser systems. (wikipedia.org)
  • [3] The diagnosis is based on typical clinical appearance and fundus fluorescein angiography. (ijo.in)
  • A clinical study of 500 eyes comparing results of CONTOURA ® Laser Vision Correction with Phorcides Analytic Engine in low versus high myopia. (digitalproducer.com)
  • Conventional 3D laser scanning fluorescence microscopy requires repeated optical sectioning to create z-stacks in depth. (nature.com)
  • Here, the use of an obliquely scanning laser eliminates the z-stacking process, then allows highly efficient 3D OCT and fluorescence imaging by using only one raster scan. (nature.com)
  • Effects of argon (green) laser treatment of soft drusen in early age-related maculopathy: a 6 month prospective study. (bmj.com)
  • This problem can be diagnosed by an ophthalmologist through an ophthalmoscope, by simple visual tests, as well as by angiography. (aanos.org)
  • The investigators wanted to take their work a step further to determine how adding a blue reflectance image affected the ability to evaluate retinal diseases using the Optos California P200DTx scanning laser ophthalmoscope. (ophthalmologytimes.com)
  • Both slit-lamp delivery mode and the Laser Indirect Ophthalmoscopic Delivery System are available to ensure optimal treatment of all cases. (apollohospitals.com)
  • These problems increase the risk of retinal detachment and hence often require laser treatment or cryotherapy to seal them. (apollohospitals.com)
  • Treatment options after laser-pointer-induced ocular trauma are limited. (aerzteblatt.de)
  • Grid laser was administered at 13 and 25 weeks in both groups if criteria for laser treatment were met. (entokey.com)
  • In this study, treatment of macular edema following BRVO with grid laser resulted in ≥2 lines of visual acuity (VA) improvement in 65% of eyes compared with 37% of untreated eyes at the 3-year primary endpoint. (entokey.com)
  • Although the optical radiation output of laser pointers is officially regulated ( 4 ) and tested laser pointers should not exceed a power of 1 mW ( 2 ) which is comparatively harmless under most conditions untested and incorrectly classified devices pose a risk of permanent retinal injury. (aerzteblatt.de)
  • INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON CHEMICAL SAFETY ENVIRONMENT HEALTH CRITERIA 23 LASERS AND OPTICAL RADIATION This report contains the collective views of an international group of experts and does not necessarily represent the decisions or the stated policy of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organisation, or the World Health Organization. (inchem.org)
  • Compared with standard grid laser, intravitreal ranibizumab provided significant and sustained benefits in visual acuity gain and anatomic improvement in eyes with macular edema secondary to BRVO. (entokey.com)
  • The combination cSLO + ERG/VEP is a worldwide unique technology.It allows simultaneous infrared laser monitoring during electrophysiological diagnostic. (roland-consult.com)
  • With PRP, the ophthalmologist applies laser to reduce the amount of oxygen-deprived retinal tissue outside of the patient's central vision. (randeye.com)
  • In addition, non-certified green laser pointers, in contrast to red laser pointers, are able to emit light at different wavelengths, including invisible infrared radiation ( 6 ). (aerzteblatt.de)
  • Investigators from the United States and the United Kingdom joined forces to determine the effect of integrating blue laser into images and standard images generated by red/green (RG) lasers to form a single composite red/green/blue (RGB) image. (ophthalmologytimes.com)
  • At the beginning of an injection the laser source automatically switch to Angiography mode and a video will be recorded with an exact timestamp on every image. (roland-consult.com)
  • Laser pulses were administered in a confluent, repetitive manner with a 3 × 3 pattern mode. (nih.gov)
  • Unlike full-spectrum white light used in conventional devices, opto map technology incorporates low-powered laser wavelengths that scan simultaneously. (optos.com)
  • In this paper, we present a method termed oblique scanning laser microscopy (OSLM) to combine optical coherence tomography (OCT), for simultaneously volumetric structural and molecular imaging with cellular resolution in all three dimensions. (nature.com)
  • Early work on multi-modal 3D optical imaging is based on confocal laser scanning microscopy (LSM), where a confocal pinhole is applied for the depth sectioning and a stack of transverse images are taken for 3D reconstruction 1 . (nature.com)
  • We identified 48 publications describing a total of 111 patients in whom both acute and permanent damage due to laser pointers was documented. (aerzteblatt.de)
  • The results demonstrated that adding blue laser did not negatively affect the noninvasive, easy-to-acquire images in patients with a small pupil when using the patient-friendly and high-resolution images obtained using previous UWF devices. (ophthalmologytimes.com)
  • Secondary outcomes included anatomic outcomes and the percentage of patients requiring grid laser in both groups. (entokey.com)
  • Fluorescein angiography enhance the identification of the microvascular abnormalities, such as microaneurysms, IRMA's, ischemic areas and several neovascularizations. (zeiss.com)
  • However, BRAVO was limited by a study duration of only 6 months and did not directly compare the effectiveness of intravitreal ranibizumab against grid laser, the current standard of care at that time. (entokey.com)
  • She underwent direct yellow laser ablation for the JRCH lesion. (oncotarget.com)
  • A yellow dye (called fluorescein) is injected into a vein, usually in your arm. (aao.org)
  • The laser exposure time was 20 ms and the spot diameter was 100 µm. (nih.gov)
  • Depending on wavelength, radiation power, exposure time, localization, and spot size, laser pointers can cause extensive photothermal injury to the eye, which can lead to blindness. (aerzteblatt.de)
  • This class of laser only causes damage if the exposure time exceeds 0.25 s, which approximately corresponds to the time lag of the natural blink reflex (according to DIN EN 60825 1). (aerzteblatt.de)
  • Recent years have seen a marked increase in laser-pointer-related injuries, which sometimes involve severe retinal damage and irreversible visual impairment. (aerzteblatt.de)
  • Laser pointers can cause persistent retinal damage and visual impairment. (aerzteblatt.de)