Browsing by Subject "Ophthalmology"
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Angiopoietin-1 is required for Schlemm's canal development in mice and humans.
(The Journal of clinical investigation, 2017-12)Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is a leading cause of blindness in children worldwide and is caused by developmental defects in 2 aqueous humor outflow structures, Schlemm's canal (SC) and the trabecular meshwork. We previously ... -
Causes of Childhood Blindness in North Ghana: Results From a School for the Blind in Wa, Upper West Region
(2016)Background: Because most developing countries lack sufficient resources and infrastructure to conduct population-based studies on childhood blindness, it can be difficult to obtain epidemiologically reliable data available ... -
Development of Extended-Depth Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography for Applications in Ophthalmic Imaging of the Anterior and Posterior Eye
(2012)Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive optical imaging modality that provides micron-scale resolution of tissue micro-structure over depth ranges of several millimeters. This imaging technique has had a profound ... -
Development of Multi-modal and Super-resolved Retinal Imaging Systems
(2016)Advancements in retinal imaging technologies have drastically improved the quality of eye care in the past couple decades. Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) are two examples of critical ... -
Differential Expression of Coding and Long Noncoding RNAs in Keratoconus-Affected Corneas.
(Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2018-06)Keratoconus (KC) is the most common corneal ectasia. We aimed to determine the differential expression of coding and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in human corneas affected with KC.From the corneas of 10 KC patients and ... -
Elucidating the Genetic Basis of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy
(2012)Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is a complex, late-onset disorder that is a frequent indication for corneal transplantation and affects women more frequently than men. Although linkage and association studies ... -
Enhanced Vasculature Imaging of the Retina Using Optical Coherence Tomography
(2013)Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive imaging modality that uses low coherence interferometry to generate three-dimensional datasets of a sample's structure. OCT has found tremendous clinical applications ... -
Enhancing the Visualization of the Peripheral Retina with Wide Field-of-View Optical Coherence Tomography
(2016)The goal of my Ph.D. thesis is to enhance the visualization of the peripheral retina using wide-field optical coherence tomography (OCT) in a clinical setting.OCT has gain widespread adoption in clinical ophthalmology due ... -
Future requirements for and supply of ophthalmologists for an aging population in Singapore.
(Hum Resour Health, 2015-11-17)BACKGROUND: Singapore's population, as that of many other countries, is aging; this is likely to lead to an increase in eye diseases and the demand for eye care. Since ophthalmologist training is long and expensive, early ... -
Graph Theory and Dynamic Programming Framework for Automated Segmentation of Ophthalmic Imaging Biomarkers
(2014)Accurate quantification of anatomical and pathological structures in the eye is crucial for the study and diagnosis of potentially blinding diseases. Earlier and faster detection of ophthalmic imaging biomarkers also leads ... -
Imaging at the Limits: Segmentation Error Bounds and High Resolution Retinal Imaging Systems
(2018)The human retina is essential to quality of life and therefore a topic of intense clinical and research interest. The combination of this interest with modern biophotonics has yielded a number of technological and medical ... -
Inherited Retinal Degenerations: Current Landscape and Knowledge Gaps
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Investigating the Histopathology and Co-prevalence of Age-related Macular Degeneration and Alzheimer's Disease
(2017-05-08)PURPOSE: To investigate the parallels between age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by 1) characterizing the distribution of macrophages in the retina and choroid of human post-mortem eyes ... -
Molecular Dissection of Multifunctional Proteins in Rod Outer Segments
(2011)Rod photoreceptors are specialized neurons responsible for capturing photons and translating visual information into electrical signals. Visual signal transduction in rods is confined to the unique outer segment organelle, ... -
Prevalence, Incidence and Progression of Myopia in Singaporean Adolescents
(2016)The Singapore Cohort Study of the Risk Factors for myopia (SCORM) is a longitudinal school-based study that recruited 1979 children, aged 7 to 9 years old between 1999 and 2001, who were re-examined as adolescents in 2006 ... -
Quantitative Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging of the Ocular Anterior Segment
(2013)Clinical imaging within ophthalmology has had transformative effects on ocular health over the last century. Imaging has guided clinicians in their pharmaceutical and surgical treatments of macular degeneration, glaucoma, ... -
The Circuitry Underlying Rod Bipolar Cell Sensitization
(2017)Dim light vision requires the dopamine D1 receptor for the sensitization of rod bipolar cells by GABA. However, the circuit behind this mechanism is poorly defined. We used electroretinogram recordings of mice with genetic ... -
The Regulation of AMD Pathobiology by Complement Factor H
(2016)Complement factor H (CFH) is a major susceptibility gene for age-related macular degeneration (AMD); however, its impact on AMD pathobiology is unresolved. Here, the role of CFH in the development of AMD pathology in vivo ... -
The Relationship of Trabecular Meshwork Stiffness and Outflow Function
(2013)The trabecular meshwork (TM) is comparable to a bioactive filter that plays a major role in regulating outflow of aqueous humor of the eye and setting intraocular pressure (IOP). TM dysfunction may lead to ocular hypertension ... -
The Role of Peripherin in Photoreceptor Outer Segment Morphogenesis
(2015)The complex process of visually interpreting our environment begins with the task of detecting the light that enters our eyes. This task is performed by the rod and cone photoreceptors, which both contain a highly evolved ...
