Development and Validation of Quantitative Anterior Segment OCT-based Methods to Evaluate Patients with Primary Angle Closure Disease
Description: PROJECT NARRATIVE The management of angle closure patients at risk for primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG), the most severe form of primary angle closure disease (PACD) and a leading cause of permanent vision loss worldwide, poses a significant challenge for eye care providers. Gonioscopy, a qualitative and subjective angle assessment method, is the current clinical standard for evaluating angle closure patients despite its limited ability to quantify PACD severity and predict progression to PACG. This project seeks to demonstrate the benefit of anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT), a quantitative and objective angle assessment method, and develop anterior segment OCT-based methods for the clinical evaluation of patients with PACD.
Funder: National Eye Institute
Funding type: career_development
Funder scheme: K23
Start date: 2019-02-01
End date: 2024-01-31
Investigator: BENJAMIN Y. XU
Institution: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Subfield: Ophthalmology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Funded outputs count: 47
Funder award ID: K23EY029763
OpenAlex ID: G361338383