Track Categories
The track category is the heading under which your abstract will be reviewed and later published in the conference printed matters if accepted. During the submission process, you will be asked to select one track category for your abstract.
Eye care technology is an area that is constantly evolving with the aim of enhancing global eye health. There are a number of new methods and treatments that are gaining popularity and may well become potential norms of eye care. The technology is still relatively new, so not all surgeons have access to these techniques.
Neuro-ophthalmology is the combination of neurology and ophthalmology, which often deal with complex neurological disorders that have visual system manifestations. Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) involves any visual impairment that is caused by disruption or degradation of the retrochiasmatic visual pathways in the absence of damage to the anterior visual pathways or any major eye disease. Diplopia, or double vision, is a neuro-ophthalmologic syndrome in which a single entity is seen in double. Double, blurry vision is often believed to be the same, but it is not. A single image seen from one eye is vague in a blurred vision. Myasthenia gravis is caused by a failure of proper nerve-muscle interaction that leads to double vision, drooping eyelids and other muscle weakness that affects neuromuscular function as well as vision. On the other side nystagmus which is the repetitive eye movement acquired in childhood or later in life can lead to reduced or restricted vision. Diagnostic tools of neuro-ophthalmology are used to diagnose and treat the different conditions in neuro-ophthalmology, while neonatal eye examinations are carried out mainly to track the occurrence and development of premature retinopathy.
Pediatric ophthalmology is a sub-specialty of ophthalmology which is concerned with eye diseases, eye development and children's eye care. Pediatric ophthalmic treatment involves strabism, amblyopia, genomic and developmental defects and a wide range of allergic, chronic and neoplastic disorders that arise in the first two decades of life. Pediatric ophthalmology also deals with identified issues affecting child vision such as pediatric uveitis, genetic eye diseases, developmental irregularities and more. It is a vision developmental condition that is also known as lazy eye. Amblyopia is an eye disease that can be found in adults as well as in infants.
Veterinary ophthalmology is a division of ophthalmology that deals with disorder, impairment, and injury prevention, evaluation, and treatment of eye diseases in animals. The veterinarians treat dogs, cats and other small animals including rodents, chinchillas, reptiles and birds, horses and other farm animals. Several eye diseases in veterinary medicine are listed below.
Surgical and Medical Ophthalmology involves in dealing with diagnosing and treating eye diseases. The eye is a very delicate organ, which requires extreme caution to mitigate or prevent further damage prior, during and after an eye surgery. An expert eye surgeon is responsible for selecting the patient's suitable medical procedure and taking the appropriate preventive measures for safety. Research development revelations enhance the opportunities to investigate the issues meticulously, particularly during surgical interventions such as cataract and refractive surgery, to decrease the risk of failure.
Ophthalmic instruments assists in treatment of the diseases in different ophthalmic techniques. Diagnosis is the most important part of ophthalmology in determining the treatment for the patients. This is accomplished only by using the correct instrumentation technique. The rear of the eye is made up of vitreous humor, retina choroid, and optic nerve. There are many instruments specifically designed for the diagnosis and rectification of the eye diseases. Clinical ophthalmology will enhance your insight into regular visual sicknesses, ophthalmic surgical and laser techniques, structures of clinical life, and visual treatments. You will create explanatory skills to address clinical case issues and evaluate distributed research, and through the open door you will increase significant research encounter.
Vision therapy, otherwise known as vision preparation, it is used to improve vision abilities, such as control of eye growth and eye coordination. Projects include regular eye practices including the utilization of focal points, crystals, channels, occluders, specific tools and PC programs. Vision therapy is administered if a comprehensive eye test shows that it is a suitable treatment option. The preferential treatment system is based on the results of standardized tests and the signs and symptoms of the person.
Despite advances in neurodiagnostic imaging and other techniques, the core of the neuro-ophthalmological examination is still the examination of the afferent visual sensory system. A detailed refraction is an important part of all surgical evaluations of the neuro ophthalmology Visual fields of confrontation should be aspect of every examination of afferent systems. The visual sensory system performs numerous dynamic tasks including the gathering of light and the production of monocular portrayals; the development of binocular atomic discernment from a pair of two-dimensional projections; the familiar evidence and order of visual articles; the assessment of separations to and from objects; and handling body changes relevant to the elements seen. The visual data mental procedure is known as visual observation, of which the absence is called visual impairment. Non-picture visual framing capacities, autonomous of visual observation, incorporate the pupillary light reflex (PLR) and circadian photo entertainment.
Refractive error means that the eye shape does not correctly bend light, resulting in a blurred image. Myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), presbyopia (loss of near vision with age) and astigmatism are the major types of refractive defects. Refractive disorders are commonly treated with corrective lenses like eyepieces or contact lenses. During a regular eye test an eye care specialist may detect a refractive error. Testing generally involves telling the patient to read a map of vision while testing a variety of lenses to enhance vision of a patient. Rarely require advanced imaging or other testing.
Optometry & Vision Science deals with latest developments in the areas of optometry, visual optics, and eye & vision science. Artificial Vision and Color Ecology deals with the emerging retinal implant developments; a stimulus that activates the retina with electrodes called an artificial retina. Optometry study comprises investigations into fields such as binocular conditions, impaired vision, ocular disease, geriatrics, pediatrics, corneal diseases and the effects of contact lens use.
The cornea is the transparent front portion of the eye which covers the chamber of the iris, pupil and anterior. With the anterior chamber and lens the cornea refracts light, with the cornea responsible for about two-thirds of the overall optical capacity of the eye. However factors such as corneal ulceration, epithelial keratitis and drug-induced epithelial keratitis, corneal regeneration, recurring corneal erosion and various corneal disorders may affect the cornea and ultimately lead to permanent blindness. Corneal disease research is therefore carried out to reduce the disease and approaches such as contact lenses & vision correction are also used to treat vision related problems and surgical interventions such as corneal transplantation are used.
The retina on the inside back wall of your eye is a thin layer of tissue. This comprises millions of light-sensitive cells and other nerve cells, which collect visual information and coordinate this. Your retina transfers the information through your optic nerve to your brain, helping you to see. Degenerative retinal disorders, such as age-related macular degeneration and Myopic macular degeneration affecting young and old from many cultures, races and ethnicities. Due to the vitally important role of the retina in vision, it can cause permanent blindness and some ophthalmological disorders. These can affect the vision because retinal conditions damage this essential tissue, and some can be severe enough to cause blindness. Some like Macular Edema ruins our sharp, central vision.
Glaucoma is a disease that affects the optic nerve of the eye and that gets worse over time. A build-up of pressure inside the eye is often correlated with that. The increased pressure will affect the optic nerve, which transmits stimuli to the brain, called intraocular pressure. If disruption to the optic nerve caused by high eye pressure, glaucoma causes permanent vision loss. In some cases there is a condition called Standard Tension Glaucoma as a person ages their optic nerve could get compromised even at normal eye pressures. Hardly any indicators of illness are seen until close to the end. A cataract is a thick, opaque region that forms in the eye's lens. This grows at a slow rate and gradually interferes with the sight. People may end up with cataracts in both eyes but they do not usually develop simultaneously. Cataracts are popular among the aged people. When the lens of the eyes become blurry, usually cataract removal is required and therefore cataract surgery is done. During cataract surgery, the blurred lens inside the eye is removed and replaced by a synthetic lens (called an intraocular lens or IOL) to restore clear vision.
Optometry is not unique to devices that distribute drugs reliably over time. The revolutionary research applies to methods, strategies, techniques and systems to accomplish the desired therapeutic effect. With the rapid technological development and conventional ophthalmology practices, the new techniques have greatly improved the human life. Eye disease diagnosis by biomarkers enhances the therapy efficiency, and new technological approaches such as stem cell, tissue science and biomaterial use can change the perception of human vision. This research section is devoted to the emerging Ophthalmology technologies, improvements, strategies, and procedures. The ideal ocular delivery system is one that is easy to fabricate, allows for non-invasive self-administration, produces and retains effective drug concentrations over appropriate time intervals at the target site, minimizes systemic sensitivity and provides good patient satisfaction, tolerance and compliance.
Eye diseases are very prevalent. Rare eye disorders include cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma. Such eye disorders have the potential to seriously damage someone's vision and/or interfere with daily living tasks, and people with cataracts, diabetic retinopathy or glaucoma may need assistance with medical procedures, washing, feeding and other personal care. Simple factors such as pollen can trigger eye allergies and can be caused when the body's immune system is sensitized and overreacts. Eye disease causes include ageing when exposed to UV Radiation. Eye disease prevention is possible by changing lifestyles and improving the access to eye care
This topic deals with the eye disease treatment schedule. Visual Pharmacology and Therapeutics is the major multidisciplinary source of important and fundamental clinical research on biopharmaceuticals and various ways of forecasting, managing and/or evaluating eye disorders and diseases. The most recent findings of therapeutic pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics for managing ophthalmic issues. Drug utilization limitation for Optometrist and it deals with the variety of drugs to be in new study.
Ocular oncology comprises eyelid tumours, conjunctive cancers, cornea, orbit, intraocular structures identical to iris, ciliary body, choroid, retina, optic plate. Eye neoplasms can affect all areas of the eye and can be a both benign and harmful (malignant). Eye cancer may be essential (begins inside the eye) or metastatic malignancy may occur (spread from another organ to the eye). The two most common growths from another organ that spread to the eye are breast cancer and lung tumour. For the most part, the evaluation of visual cancers is a multi-claim to fame exertion that needs cooperation between the ophthalmologist, restorative oncologist, radiation specialist, head and neck expert / ENT specialist and a multidisciplinary unit of care staff and caregivers.
Children can be profoundly distressed by eyelid issues, tear channel structure and eye attachment such as collateral injury, tumor imperfection, or inborn conception abnormality. Abundance of eye tearing is not uncommon in children. The tear channel is located in the eyelids ' inner corner and continues to run into the nose. Unfortunately, around 5 per cent of newborn children are conceived with an intrinsic tear channel blockage. Once available, babies can produce excessive tears from the eye alongside accidental release frames of the eye and crust along the lashes. However, in case an eyelid does not shape legitimately, it will prompt eyelid anomalies and may affect visual evolution afterwards. An inherent saggy eyelid, Ptosis, most often occurs because the muscle inside the eyelid, which lifts the cover, has not earlier been satisfactory. Intense bacterial infections are the most widely recognized problem affecting the eye attachment of youngsters, most often emerging from adjacent sinus infection