Publications by authors named "Joon-Bom Kim"
Purpose: This work tests the feasibility of remote ophthalmic imaging to identify referable retinal abnormalities and assesses the effectiveness of color fundus photography (CFP) vs optical coherence tomography (OCT) for this purpose.
Methods: This prospective, nonrandomized study included 633 patients with diabetes at Duke Primary Care. Undilated patients underwent screening with CFP and OCT camera (MaestroCare, Topcon).
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to validate a custom algorithm that automatically identifies and measures inflammatory lesions in the choriocapillaris using en face SS-OCTA images from patients with posterior uveitis.
- Twenty eyes from 14 patients were analyzed, with the algorithm's findings compared to those of two human graders for accuracy and reliability.
- Results showed the algorithm had excellent agreement with human assessments, especially in measuring lesion areas, and was more reliable than humans for repeated measurements, indicating its potential as a clinical tool for monitoring disease activity.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a chronic, multifactorial disease and a leading cause of irreversible blindness in the elderly population in the Western Hemisphere. Among the two major subtypes of AMD, the prevalence of the nonneovascular (dry) type is approximately 85-90% and the neovascular (wet) type is 10-15%. Healthy lifestyle and nutritional supplements of anti-oxidative micronutrients have been shown to delay the progression of dry AMD and lower the risk of development of wet AMD, and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) injections have been shown to improve visual acuity for wet AMD patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To report two cases of idiopathic intraocular cilia presenting as sectoral scleritis with progressive intraocular inflammation.
Methods: Both patients were treated with intravitreal antibiotics and underwent pars plana vitrectomy where the cilia were removed and identified on histopathology.
Results: One patient developed a retinal detachment while being treated for presumed endophthalmitis.
Purpose Of Review: The goal of this paper is to review the recent literature of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and provide an update on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical findings, and management.
Recent Findings: Although indocyanine-green angiography (ICGA) is still the gold standard for diagnosis of PCV, the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography are useful tools in the diagnosis of PCV. Studies demonstrate superior treatment outcomes with combination photodynamic therapy (PDT) and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy.