Bleb Morphology Using Anterior-Segment Optical Coherence Tomography after Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Surgery with Tenon Capsule Resection by Faried M. Wagdy

“…Patients and Methods. This randomised prospective study included 30 eyes from 30 patients (age range: 42–55 y) with refractory glaucoma from March 2018 to February 2020. …”
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The role of optical coherence tomography angiography biomarkers in assessing the outcome of long-term anti-VEGF therapy of diabetic macular edema by A. Zh. Fursova, A. S. Derbeneva, M. S. Tarasov, M. V. Vasil’eva, J. A. Gamza, N. V. Chubar

“…Material and methods. The study included 59 patients (101) eyes, averagely aged 60.27 ± 9.50 years. …”
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Retinal and choroidal blood flow changes in dialysis patients assessed by wide-field swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography by Wan Li, Qing Zhou, Jiulin Ni, Xun Pan, Min Li, Fei Hua, Huan Tang, Shuting Li

“…PurposeThe study utilized wide-field swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) to examine the alterations in retinal and choroidal blood flow in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) before and after hemodialysis.MethodsForty-two eyes of 24 participants with end-stage renal disease were enrolled in this prospective and cross-sectional study. …”
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Quantitative analysis of three-dimensional choroidal changes in coronary artery disease patients with swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography by Zhaoxia Zheng, Jing Liu, Jiayi Sun, Yue Zhang, Xiaoya Gu, Shuang Song, Xiaobing Yu

“…Methods: 236 CAD patients and 78 controls were included after coronary angiography (CAG) evaluation in this prospective cross-sectional study. …”
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Dosimetric evaluation of a novel automated noncoplanar volumetric modulated arc therapy technique for treating optic nerve sheath meningiomas by Zhenyu Xiong, Zhenyu Xiong, Zhenyu Xiong, Chingyun Cheng, Lili Zhou, Brett Eckroate, Brett Eckroate, Brett Eckroate, Loren Bell, Fredrick Warburton, David Huang, Sabin B. Motwani, Sabin B. Motwani, Charles S. Cathcart, Ke Nie, Ke Nie, Ke Nie, Ning Yue, Ning Yue, Ning Yue, Yin Zhang, Yin Zhang, Yin Zhang

“…PurposeThis study aimed to evaluate the dosimetric outcomes for the target and organs at risk (OARs) in patients with optic nerve sheath meningiomas (ONSMs), comparing HyperArc (HA), a novel automated noncoplanar volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) technique, with two other advanced VMAT techniques.MethodsNine patients with ONSMs were re-planned using three radiotherapy techniques: HA employing four preconfigured noncoplanar partial arcs on the Varian TrueBeam, a two-arc coplanar VMAT on the Varian TrueBeam (TB-VMAT), and a two-arc coplanar VMAT on the Varian Halcyon (HAL-VMAT). …”
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Controlled Transport of Particles Using Graphene Patterns by Zhihao Li, Jinfeng Li, Zelin Guo, Jian Xu, Min Jiang

“…The three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method has been used to verify that the design of this paper provides a conveyor belt in tunable graphene without rotating the polarization angle of the light source and has broad application prospects in biomedical diagnostics.…”
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Color Masking of Two Types of Medium Translucency Lithium Disilicate Ceramic Restorations by Spectrophotometry by T Rostamzadeh, S Alipour, F Golsorkhtabar

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Correlation of Different Non-Invasive Neuromonitoring Tools Assessing Intracranial Hemodynamics by Rossella Zangari, Luca D’Amelio, Elisa Gouvea Bogossian, Fabio Silvio Taccone

“…This study aimed to assess the correlation and concordance among four commonly used non-invasive neuromonitoring tools in patients with ABI undergoing invasive ICP monitoring. Methods: This was a secondary analysis of prospectively collected data from 100 adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit with traumatic brain injury (TBI), subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), or intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) who underwent invasive ICP monitoring. …”
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NiCrFeO4 nanostructures: Sonochemical synthesis, characterization and promising photocatalytic application for removal of toxic coloring agents under visible light by Zeinab Digbari, Rozita Monsef, Masoud Salavati-Niasari, Forat H. Alsultany

“…Cubic phase with space group of Fd-3 m were identified by the X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns submitted to a Rietveld refinement method for resulting NCF samples. The optical findings indicated that the NCF nanostructures effectively decompose pollutants under visible light exposure due to their band gap of 1.75 eV. …”
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WISP: Workframe for Interferogram Signal Phase-Unwrapping by Timofey F. Khirianov, Aleksandra I. Khirianova, Egor V. Parkevich, Ilya Makarov

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Ultra-High Capacity DWDM System using Different Intensity Modulation Formats by Abbas Alipoor, Ali Mir, Akram Sheikhi

“…Proposed technology can increase the capacity and bandwidth of optical network. DWDM system consists of different passive and active components such as transponders, fibers, passive optical filters, and an optical amplifier. …”
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Lightweight remote sensing change detection with progressive multi scale difference aggregation by Yinghua Fu, Haifeng Peng, Tingting Zhao, Yize Li, Jiansheng Peng, Dawei Zhang

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Predictability of central corneal stromal thickness reduction in InnovEyes ablation profile: A retrospective study by Shimin Tan, Yimeng Fan, Xindi Wang, Yu Zhang, Yunpeng Li, Xiaojuan Fan, Zhao Liu, Shengjian Mi, Qianyan Kang

“…Objective: To evaluate the predictability of the central corneal stromal thickness (CST) reduction in InnovEyes ablation profile.Methods: The retrospective study included 118 eyes (61 patients) who underwent surgeries based on InnovEyes profile and 117 eyes (67 patients) based on the Custom-Q. …”
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Second-Order Nonlocal Effects Mitigation in Brillouin Optical Time-Domain Analysis Sensors by Tracking the Brillouin Frequency Shift Profile of the Fiber by Juan Jose Mompo, Haritz Iribas, Javier Urricelqui, Alayn Loayssa

“…Therefore, we demonstrate a new method to mitigate the effects of BFS variation in the BOTDA setups that compensate second-order NLE. …”
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Flexible Phase Synchronization for Wireless Optical Coherent Communication System With Adaptive Fractionally-Spaced Blind Equalization Combined With Adaptive Kalman Filter by ShuPeng Zhang, LiYing Tan, Jing Ma

“…Wireless optical coherent communication can be used as the backbone supporting technology of air-space-ground-sea-integrated network. …”
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Effect of Capping Agent on Structure, Composition, and Optical Properties of Low-Cost Chemically Deposited Zinc Oxide Thin Films and Their Antibacterial Activities by S. Thanikaikarasan, C. Amutha, B. Natarajan, D. Dhanasekaran, S. Rajkumar

“…In the present report, pure zinc oxide and albumen-capped zinc oxide thin films were deposited on a glass substrate by a simple chemical method. The growth rate of the deposited film increases by means of number of dipping linearly. …”
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Integrated Optics Modules Based Proposal for Quantum Information Processing, Teleportation, QKD, and Quantum Error Correction Employing Photon Angular Momentum by Ivan B. Djordjevic

“…The ability to generate/analyze states with different photon angular momentum, by using either holographic or interferometric methods, allows the realization of quantum states in multidimensional Hilbert space. …”
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An Innovative Multiparametric Sensor Design for Detecting Microplastics and Heavy Metals by Ekrem Kursad Dal, Adem Gunes, Recai Kilic

“…The absorbance of incoming light and the shifted bandwidths in the spectrum can be evaluated by assessing multiparametric optical events. The study examines water samples containing eight different heavy metals, namely arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn), along with three types of microplastics: melamine particles with a diameter of 8 µm, polystyrene particles with a diameter of 8 µm, and polystyrene particles with a diameter of 10 µm. …”
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Feasibility of Exceeding 20% Efficiency for Kesterite/c-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Using an Alternative Buffer Layer: Optical and Electrical Analysis by Naoufal Ennouhi, Safae Aazou, Abdeljalile Er-rafyg, Zakaria Laghfour, Zouheir Sekkat

“…Then, to achieve current matching conditions, the c-Si bottom subcell, with an efficiency at the level of commercially available subcells (19%), was simulated using various top subcells transmitting light calculated using the transfer matrix method (TMM) for optical modeling. Adding TiO₂ significantly enhanced the electrical and optical performance of the kesterite top subcell due to the decrease in parasitic light absorption and heterojunction interface recombination. …”
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Comparing Four Video Laryngoscopes and One Optical Laryngoscope with a Standard Macintosh Blade in a Simulated Trapped Car Accident Victim by Florian J. Raimann, Daniel M. Tepperis, Dirk Meininger, Kai Zacharowski, Richard Schalk, Christian Byhahn, Christian F. Weber, Haitham Mutlak

“…The aim of the study was to evaluate the performance and intubation success of four different video laryngoscopes, one optical laryngoscope, and a Macintosh blade while intubating from two different positions in a mannequin trial with difficult access to the patient. …”
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