VANCOUVER, Canada — Optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography can help predict which eyes affected by age-related macular degeneration are most likely to develop exudation, research shows. The ...

The clinical trial enrolled 38 adults aged 60 and older who had advanced geographic atrophy, the late stage of macular ...

Optometrist Amy Green discussed the importance of OCT in identifying AMD cases during the AOP’s Locum Clinical Skills ...

Lotery cautioned that AI's use in eye care has limitations. "AI models may underperform on underrepresented populations, AI trained on specific datasets may not transfer well across clinical settings, ...

"It is not necessary to measure the extent, height, or length of the DLS [double layer sign]. It is sufficient to know, however, that when DLS is seen that it’s a key risk factor and that regular ...

—With a greater number of treatments available for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), it’s more important than ever that patients’ progression of geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to AMD is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Examining the retina, particularly the macula, before cataract surgery is important to set appropriate patient ...

Conditions that resemble age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can differ considerably from AMD regarding prognosis, inheritance, monitoring and therapy. Differential diagnoses of AMD include other ...

In the study, authors investigated the natural history of GA lesion incidence rates and analyzed potential risk factors for faster incidence of GA lesions.

Macular degeneration is a loss of central vision due to damage to part of the retina. Macular degeneration is not always hereditary, but a family history of the condition is a risk factor. People may ...