Tilt, Decentration, and Internal Higher-Order Aberrations of Sutured Posterior-Chamber Intraocular Lenses in Patients with Open Globe Injuries by Xiangjia Zhu, Yinglei Zhang, Wenwen He, Hongfei Ye, Chunhui Jiang, Yi Lu

“…The tilt and decentration of the IOLs and the visual quality were measured 1 month after surgery. …”
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Phacoviscocanalostomy versus phacotrabeculectomy to treat glaucoma associated with cataracts: a meta-analysis by Dillan Cunha Amaral, Mário Luiz Ribeiro Monteiro, Denisse J. Mora-Paez, Ana Luiza Machado Ribeiro Pimentel, Matheus Mizerani Fernandes de Almeida, Jacqueline L. Chen, Raíza Jacometti, Milton Ruiz Alves, Jaime Guedes, Ricardo Noguera Louzada

“…ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the effectiveness and safety of phacoviscocanalostomy and phacotrabeculectomy in treating combined glaucoma and cataracts. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted following the PRISMA guidelines. …”
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Thinner Corneas Appear to Have More Striking Effects of Corneal Collagen Crosslinking in Patients with Progressive Keratoconus by Yunfei Han, Yanyun Xu, Wei Zhu, Yuling Liu, Zhen Liu, Xiaoxiao Dou, Guoying Mu

“…Baseline, 6-month, and 12-month visual acuity, corneal topography, TCT, and endothelial cell density were evaluated. …”
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Efficiency and safety of the fixed latanoprost/ dorzolamide combination in open-angle glaucoma hypotensive treatment by V. V. Neroev, S. Yu. Petrov, A. N. Zhuravleva, O. M. Filippova, O. M. Kalinina, L. V. Yakubova, S. M. Kosakyan, L. V. Vasilenkova

“…Statistically insignificant positive changes were registered in visual acuity, static perimetry and optical coherence tomography. …”
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Differences in Surgical Management of Corneal Perforations, Measured over Six Years by Katarzyna Krysik, Dariusz Dobrowolski, Anita Lyssek-Boron, Judyta Jankowska-Szmul, Edward A. Wylegala

“…To report the surgical approach, anatomical and functional results, and complications in the group of patients with corneal perforation. Materials and Methods. 247 eyes with corneal perforation were operated on between January 2010 and July 2016. …”
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Bidirectional Encoder representation from Image Transformers for recognizing sunflower diseases from photographs by V.A. Baboshina, P.A. Lyakhov, U.A. Lyakhova, V.A. Pismennyy

“…The presented research results demonstrate the advantages of the proposed system compared to known methods and contemporary neural networks. The proposed visual diagnostic system for sunflower diseases achieved 99.57 % accuracy on the sunflower disease dataset, which is higher than that of known methods. …”
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Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Clinical Findings following Treatment with Antiangiogenic Drugs by Ricardo Casaroli-Marano, Roberto Gallego-Pinazo, Clemencia Torrón Fernández-Blanco, Marta S. Figueroa, Begoña Pina Marín, Gustavo Fernández-Baca Vaca, Antonio Piñero-Bustamante, Juan Donate López, José García-Arumí, Jordi Farrés Martí

“…To survey the management of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nvAMD) in Spain. Methods. An observational retrospective multicenter study was conducted. …”
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Methotrexate for the Treatment of Thyroid Eye Disease by Diego Strianese, Adriana Iuliano, Mariantonia Ferrara, Chiara Comune, Immacolata Baronissi, Pasquale Napolitano, Alessia D’Alessandro, Piergiacomo Grassi, Giulio Bonavolontà, Paola Bonavolontà, Antonio Sinisi, Fausto Tranfa

“…To evaluate the efficacy of methotrexate for the treatment of thyroid eye disease (TED). Methods. 36 consecutive patients with active TED, previously treated with corticosteroids but stopped due to the occurrence of side effects, were commenced on methotrexate therapy. …”
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Using high-frequency oscillations from brief intraoperative neural recordings to predict the seizure onset zone by Behrang Fazli Besheli, Zhiyi Sha, Jay R. Gavvala, Sacit Karamursel, Michael Quach, Chandra Prakash Swamy, Amir Hossein Ayyoubi, Alica M. Goldman, Daniel J. Curry, Sameer A. Sheth, David Darrow, Kai J. Miller, David J. Francis, Gregory A. Worrell, Thomas R. Henry, Nuri F. Ince

“…Methods In response, we have developed a computational framework that integrates sparse signal processing and ensemble learning to automatically detect genuine HFOs of intracranial EEG data. …”
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Lamellar keratoplasty using acellular porcine corneal stroma for the treatment of corneal ulcers by Yiming Hu, Lan Zhang, Lei Wu, Yao Zhu, Li Wu, Chenye Li, Youyang Ruan, Yunwei Hu, Feifei Wang, Zhirong Lin, Qifang Jin

“…The visual acuity improved in 11 patients (78.5%). Graft rejection occurred in one patient (7.1%), while two patients (14.3%) developed recurrent corneal ulcers. …”
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Evaluating Eye Drop Instillation Technique and Its Determinants in Glaucoma Patients by Xinbo Gao, Qiongman Yang, Wenmin Huang, Tingting Chen, Chengguo Zuo, Xinyan Li, Wuyou Gao, Huiming Xiao

“…To evaluate eye drop instillation technique and to explore its determinants in glaucoma patients. Methods. One hundred and thirteen patients diagnosed with glaucoma and self-administering topical antiglaucoma eye drops for at least 1 month were evaluated. …”
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TV-SAM: Increasing Zero-Shot Segmentation Performance on Multimodal Medical Images Using GPT-4 Generated Descriptive Prompts Without Human Annotation by Zekun Jiang, Dongjie Cheng, Ziyuan Qin, Jun Gao, Qicheng Lao, Abdullaev Bakhrom Ismoilovich, Urazboev Gayrat, Yuldashov Elyorbek, Bekchanov Habibullo, Defu Tang, Linjing Wei, Kang Li, Le Zhang

“…This study presents a novel multimodal medical image zero-shot segmentation algorithm named the text-visual-prompt segment anything model (TV-SAM) without any manual annotations. …”
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Differential association between childhood trauma subtypes and neurocognitive performance in adults with major depression by Min Wang, Jinxue Wei, Yikai Dou, Yu Wang, Huanhuan Fan, Yushun Yan, Yue Du, Liansheng Zhao, Qiang Wang, Xiao Yang, Xiaohong Ma

“…However, the distinct impacts of different types of childhood trauma on neurocognitive processes in MDD remain unclear. Methods This study comprised 186 individuals diagnosed with MDD and 268 healthy controls. …”
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A Robust System for Super-Resolution Imaging in Remote Sensing via Attention-Based Residual Learning by Rogelio Reyes-Reyes, Yeredith G. Mora-Martinez, Beatriz P. Garcia-Salgado, Volodymyr Ponomaryov, Jose A. Almaraz-Damian, Clara Cruz-Ramos, Sergiy Sadovnychiy

“…Evaluation was conducted using objective quality metrics, such as Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR), Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM), Edge Preservation Index (EPI), and Perceptual Image Patch Similarity (LPIPS), demonstrating superior results compared to state-of-the-art methods in both objective measurements and subjective visual perception. …”
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Changes in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer and Macular Ganglion Cell-Inner Plexiform Layer Thickness after Spinal Surgery in the Prone Position by Thoranis Deeprasertwit, Piya-Orn Bunyaprateeprat, Niphon Chirapapaisan, Sirichai Wilartratsami, Pratuangsri Chonphimai, Nuchanat Ritthison, Yanee Mukdar, Akarawit Eiamsamarng

“… Objective: Postoperative visual loss resulting from posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) after spinal surgery is rare but devastating. …”
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Altered Brain Activity and Functional Connectivity in Unilateral Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss by Jiawei Chen, Bo Hu, Peng Qin, Wei Gao, Chengcheng Liu, Dingjing Zi, Xuerui Ding, Ying Yu, Guangbin Cui, Lianjun Lu

“…This study is aimed at investigating brain functional changes in SSNHL via functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Methods. Thirty-six patients with SSNHL and thirty well-matched normal hearing individuals underwent resting-state fMRI. …”
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Peripapillary Vessel Density in Eyes with Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment after Pars Plana Vitrectomy by Bing Lu, Pengfei Zhang, Haiyun Liu, Huixun Jia, Yang Yu, Fenghua Wang, Hong Wang, Xiaodong Sun

“…To investigate the vascular density of the optic nerve head (ONH) and macula using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in patients undergoing vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) and to evaluate associations with visual outcomes. Methods. Patients with RRD, successfully treated with a pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and a minimum three-month follow-up were included in this study. …”
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AI Dermatochroma Analytica (AIDA): Smart Technology for Robust Skin Color Classification and Segmentation by Abderrachid Hamrani, Daniela Leizaola, Nikhil Kumar Reddy Vedere, Robert S. Kirsner, Kacie Kaile, Alexander Lee Trinidad, Anuradha Godavarty

“…Traditional methods for skin color classification, such as visual assessments and conventional image classification, face limitations in accuracy and consistency under varying conditions. …”
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Evaluation of Bleb Morphology and Reduction in IOP and Glaucoma Medication following Implantation of a Novel Gel Stent by Antonio Maria Fea, Roberta Spinetta, Paola Maria Loredana Cannizzo, Giulia Consolandi, Carlo Lavia, Vittoria Aragno, Francesco Germinetti, Teresa Rolle

“…Safety parameters were adverse events, best corrected visual acuity, visual field, and corneal endothelial cell loss. …”
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Plasma and Urine Metabolites Associated with Microperimetric Retinal Sensitivity in Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Krupa Sourirajan, Kevin Mendez, Ines Lains, Gregory Tsougranis, Haemin Kang, Georgiy Kozak, Augustine Bannerman, Roshni Bhat, Hanna Choi, Archana Nigalye, Ivana K. Kim, Demetrios G. Vavvas, David M. Wu, Liming Liang, John B. Miller, Joan W. Miller, Jessica Lasky-Su, Deeba Husain

“…Methods: We included data on 363 eyes (95 controls, 268 AMD). …”
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