Technology
News and features covering the latest advancements in technology that are impacting optometry
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The eye can be printed within two and a half hours – compared to traditional hand-painted prosthetics which can take six weeks
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Allergan has partnered with teams from City, University of London and Glaucoma UK to introduce a free app for glaucoma patients
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With the new SurgiCube unit, patients will be able to have cataract surgeries more quickly, easily and safely, the hospital suggests
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The Bausch + Lomb refractive laser eye surgery suite represents a “first for the NHS,” hospital leaders suggest
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Dr Pearse Keane, consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital, tells OT about how AI can predict the emergence of wet AMD
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The artificial intelligence system could help to predict the progression of wet age-related macular degeneration in high risk patients and even guide future preventative treatments.
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Moorfields Eye Hospital consultant ophthalmic surgeon, Sajjad Ahmad, talks to OT about cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation
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A remote referral system established by the London-based eye hospital has been recognised at the Health Business Awards
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A slit lamp combined with a live video feed has been used in more than 80 video referrals for urgent eye problems
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Technology that allows for patients to be triaged remotely revealed that 52% of those referred to hospital eye services did not need specialist treatment