Geomorphology is the scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them whereas plate tectonics specifically describes the large scale...

Glaucoma is an eye disorder in which the optic nerve suffers damage, permanently damaging vision in the affected eye(s) and progressing to complete...

This book presents topical research in the study of macular degeneration, including the correlation of phenotype and genotype in age-related macula...

Macular edema is a serious eye disorder that can be seen in many conditions. Central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and branch retinal vein occlusio...

This book deals with one of the most actual problems of modern medicine -- the establishing of humoural factors' role in age cataract pathogenesis ...

Myopia is a common ocular condition affecting approximately 1.6 billion people worldwide. An increasing trend of myopia has been observed throughou...

The consequences of ageing populations combined with the strain to the human eye caused by computers and widespread poor nutritional practices has ...

Dry eye syndrome is a common disease of tear film and ocular surface developed in numerous aetiologies. Tear film instability and ocular surface di...

Novel strategies for ocular anti-inflammatory therapies are extensively being investigated to increase drug bioavailability and decrease adverse si...

This book is a collection of relevant topics dealing with recent advances in ophthalmology research. The selected review studies present novel inve...

Retinal tissue may degenerate for a number of reasons. Among them are: artery or vein occlusion, diabetic retinopathy, R.L.F./R.O.P. or disease (us...

Retinis Pigmentosa (RP) includes a group of progressive hereditary retinal diseases involving degeneration of rod and cone photoreceptors, predomin...

Retinopathy of prematurity is a disease caused by abnormal vessel regression of the retinal vasculature that affects premature infants with low bir...

The Ocular Biomechanics Group was established in 2002 with one clear target; to develop a virtual reality model of the human eye that can be used e...

This book provides an overview of the disease, as well as the pathophysiology, diagnosis, management, and an examination of the disease in specific...

The rising number of cases in visual disorders during development, over the last decade, has strongly influenced approaches to diagnosis and rehabi...

It is well-known that the most common and largely used assistive technology among the visually impaired community is the white cane. Many technolo...