Vision and visual optics
Vision can be affected by numerous diseases including age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, diabetes, brain injury or stroke. Diagnostic devices developed at Schepens Eye Research Institute help doctors diagnose the cause of vision loss, and rehabilitation technologies assist patients living with low vision. Efforts of individual laboratories are enhanced by the following research focus group:
Vision and Visual Optics
Leader: François Delori
This group brings together researchers from diverse academic backgrounds who are interested in a systems approach to vision and the eye. This group is united by the concept that understanding the normal, in vivo function of the eye and visual system is critical for further developments in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases.
There are three main research directions within the group. The first area relates to advanced optical approaches to understanding the health of the eye and the initial stages of vision. In this are, the group has a strong history of developing new and unique methods to improve the understanding of ocular function in health and diseases, leading to innovative diagnostic that are now important clinical tools. The second research area relates to visual processing in normal and diseased eyes. This program uses psychophysical, electrophysiological and optical approaches. The third are is in the study of low vision and low vision rehabilitation. The latter two program areas bring advanced basic research and engineering approaches to improving the quality of life of the visually disabled.
Members
Alice Adler
Peter Bex
Marshall Doane
Eli Peli
Robert Webb
Russell Woods
