Microperimetry to predict disease progression in eyes at high risk of age-related macular degeneration disease: The PREVISION study.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to determine whether microperimetric parameters could predict the progression of an eye at high risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) at 24 months.

Methods: We conducted a multicentric prospective non-comparative open-label study including patients with one eye in stage 4 of the Age-Related Eye Disease Study Group (AREDS) classification, and the other eye in AREDS stage 3 (study eye). A microperimetry examination (MAIA™, CenterVue, Padova, Italy) was performed at baseline and every 6 months during the 2-year follow-up.

Suitability of a Low-Cost, Handheld, Nonmydriatic Retinograph for Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis.

Purpose: We assessed the suitability of a low-cost, handheld, nonmydriatic retinograph, namely the Horus DEC 200, for diabetic retinopathy (DR) diagnosis. Two factors were considered: ease of image acquisition and image quality.

Methods: One operator acquired fundus photographs from 54 patients using the Horus and AFC-330, a more expensive, nonportable retinograph.