Technology News

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Calvin W. Roberts, MD, president and CEO of Lighthouse Guild, presented “a myriad of interesting technologies” that can make a “huge impact” on the lives of those who are visually impaired.

A study carried out at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London investigated enablers and barriers of engagement with app-based home monitoring of vision in patients with retinal diseases.

Calvin W. Roberts, MD, joined Lighthouse Guild in April 2020 after spending a lengthy career as a practicing ophthalmologist and working with various pharmaceutical companies.

Ecological momentary interventions have grown in popularity and offer individualized approaches to alter behavior in a medically meaningful way, according to a commentary in JAMA Ophthalmology.

NEW ORLEANS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, discusses technologies available to automate astigmatism management, which can help overall patient outcomes.

NEW ORLEANS — Artificial intelligence may be used as a refractive surgery diagnostic tool, according to a speaker at Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

NEW ORLEANS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, discusses how upcoming digital tools from Alcon can increase efficiency for clinicians.

NEW ORLEANS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Eyecelerator meeting, Euan S. Thomson, PhD, president of ophthalmic devices and head of the digital business unit for Carl Zeiss Meditec, offers a look at the company’s goals.

NEW ORLEANS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Dylan Stevens, MD, discusses artificial intelligence image detection recognition abilities as applied to fundus photos for the purpose of estimating cup-to-disc ratios.

A home-based OCT imaging study in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration demonstrated ease of use and good image quality, according to a press release from Notal Vision.