| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M62679/01 |
| Title: |
IMAGING METHODS FOR PRODUCING ACCURATE, CLINICALLY- BASED CATARACT SIMULATIONS (IMACS). |
| Principal Investigator: |
Pierscionek, Professor BK |
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Biomedical Sciences |
| Organisation: |
University of Bradford |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
17 February 2000 |
Ends: |
16 April 2002 |
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158,499
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Photographs of cataractous eye lenses from living human subjects will be taken using a biomicroscopic camera through various selected bandwidth- and polarising filters to isolate the factors which contribute to image formation and degradation. Different types and degrees of cataract will be examined and photographed. The images will be captured for computer analysis directly from negatives using image processing tools, such as edge detectors and colour combinational techniques. Cataract simulations will be produced from this information.The subjects selected will be those people who are about to undergo a cataract operation. They will be recruited from the patient bases at the University of Bradford Eye Clinic and at the Bradford Royal Infirmary. Complementary recruitment will take place at the Oxford Eye Hospital. Subjects will have similar cataracts in both eyes and be within three months of having one of the cataractous lenses extracted. Between 6 and 8 months after the operation and before operation of the other lens subjects will be asked to compare simulations with vision through the cataractous lens in the unoperated eye.
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http://www.brad.ac.uk |