Ophthalmology

Technology advance lays groundwork for OCT eye imaging at home

Researchers have shown that a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) diode, which is commonly used in telecommunications and lidar applications, could offer a less expensive light source for swept-source optical coherence ...

Genetics

Large-scale study enables new insights into rare eye disorders

Researchers have analyzed image and genomic data from the UK Biobank to find insights into rare diseases of the human eye. These include retinal dystrophies—a group of inherited disorders affecting the retina—which are ...

Neuroscience

New prognostic marker discovered for multiple sclerosis severity

It is essential to assess the severity of multiple sclerosis (MS) in order to choose appropriate therapeutic measures, but this cannot be reliably done using existing methods. A MedUni Vienna study now shows for the first ...

Radiology & Imaging

Pairing imaging, AI may improve colon cancer screening, diagnosis

A research team from the lab of Quing Zhu, the Edwin H. Murty Professor of Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has combined optical coherence tomography (OCT) and machine ...

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