White paper “Glaucoma diagnosis automation”

Learn more about the integration of Machine Learning approaches in glaucoma detection.

White paper “Glaucoma diagnosis automation”

Learn more about the integration of Machine Learning approaches in glaucoma detection.

Summary

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. It encompasses a group of conditions that share a common characteristic: optic nerve damage. The optic nerve, responsible for transmitting visual information from the retina to the brain, undergoes structural and functional changes, resulting in a gradual, often unnoticed, loss of vision. These changes are primarily attributed to elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), stressing the optic nerve fibers, impairing their functioning, and causing sudden degeneration in the case of closed-angle glaucoma, or a more progressive loss of vision in the case of open-angle glaucoma, which is the focus of this paper.

Summary

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. It encompasses a group of conditions that share a common characteristic: optic nerve damage. The optic nerve, responsible for transmitting visual information from the retina to the brain, undergoes structural and functional changes, resulting in a gradual, often unnoticed, loss of vision. These changes are primarily attributed to elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), stressing the optic nerve fibers, impairing their functioning, and causing sudden degeneration in the case of closed-angle glaucoma, or a more progressive loss of vision in the case of open-angle glaucoma, which is the focus of this paper.

Looking for something else?