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NEI joins call for standardization of ophthalmic imaging devices

Not all health care providers speak the same language, but the software in their clinical imaging devices can and should.

Sign-language exposure impacts infants as young as 5 months old

While it isn’t surprising that infants and children love to look at people’s movements and faces, recent research from Rochester Institute of Technology studies exactly where they look when they see someone using sign language.

Artificial Neuron Device Could Shrink Energy Use and Size of Neural Network Hardware

Training neural networks to perform tasks, such as recognizing images or navigating self-driving cars, could one day require less computing power and hardware thanks to a new artificial neuron device.
Fundus photo showing medium drusen

VisionQuest Gains FDA 510(k) Clearance for the Image Quality Analyzer Software

The IQA is a software system intended for use in importing, displaying, analyzing and managing images acquired with digital fundus cameras. The patented software detects the most common causes of retinal imaging artifacts.

Hydrogel Could Open New Path for Glaucoma Treatment Without Drugs or Surgery

Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a potential new treatment for the eye disease glaucoma that could replace daily eyedrops and surgery with a twice-a-year injection to control the buildup of pressure in the eye.
Retinal ganglion cell with a red cell body and green axons spread out over a large area

Real neurons are noisy. Can a retinal prosthetic figure that out?

The brain’s visual centers must be adept at filtering out noise from retinal cells to get to the true signal, and those filters have to constantly adapt. Prosthetic retinas are going to need this same filtering to succeed, NEI-funded research shows.
An illustration of a human brain with stimulated neurons.

Ultra-low power brain implants find meaningful signal in grey matter noise

University of Michigan researchers have dramatically reduced the power requirements of neural interfaces while improving their accuracy—a discovery that could lead to long-lasting brain implants.
Different colored dots in a circle used for a color plate test

Study finds that special filters in glasses can help the color blind see colors better

A new study found that special patented glasses engineered with technically advanced spectral notch filters enhance color vision for those with the most common types of red-green color vision deficiency (“anomalous trichromacy”).
Eye scans showing retinal vein occlusion with and without Casp-9 inhibitor

New Eye Drops May Prevent a Common Cause of Blindness

Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have developed eye drops that could prevent vision loss after retinal vein occlusion, a major cause of blindness for millions of adults worldwide.
Little girl with the blinq™ device

Vision screening device improves detection of “lazy eye”

The NEI has funded development of a handheld pediatric vision scanner that easily and accurately screens for amblyopia, or “lazy eye.” The device could facilitate earlier identification of children who need vision-saving treatment.

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