Evaluating the Influence of Clinical Data on Inter-Observer Variability in Optic Disc Analysis for AI-Assisted Glaucoma Screening by Pourjavan S, Bourguignon GH, Marinescu C, Otjacques L, Boschi A

“…Sayeh Pourjavan,1,2 Gen-Hua Bourguignon,1 Cristina Marinescu,2 Loic Otjacques,2 Antonella Boschi1 1Department of Ophthalmology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, UCL, Brussels, Belgium; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Chirec Hospital Groups, Delta Hospital, Brussels, BelgiumCorrespondence: Sayeh Pourjavan, Email Sayeh.pourjavan@saintluc.uclouvain.bePurpose: This study aims to evaluate the inter-observer variability in assessing the optic disc in fundus photographs and its implications for establishing ground truth in AI research.Methods: Seventy subjects were screened during a screening campaign. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Optical Snow Cover Data on L-Band InSAR Snow Water Equivalent Retrievals by Jack Tarricone, Ross Palomaki, Karl Rittger, Anne Nolin, Hans-Peter Marshall, Carrie Vuyovich

“…To address this challenge in SWE monitoring, we evaluated a multisensor approach that leverages the strengths of both optical and radar sensors. Our study aims to understand how differences between optically derived snow cover data products propagate variability and uncertainty into interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) SWE change retrievals. …”
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Impact of B-Scan Averaging on Spectralis Optical Coherence Tomography Image Quality before and after Cataract Surgery by Dominika Podkowinski, Ehsan Sharian Varnousfaderani, Christian Simader, Hrvoje Bogunovic, Ana-Maria Philip, Bianca S. Gerendas, Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, Sebastian M. Waldstein

“…Study Design/Material and Methods. In a prospective study, the eyes were imaged before and after cataract surgery using seven different image averaging settings. …”
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Surface oxygen vacancies in amorphous Fe2O3 tailored nonlinear optical properties for ultrafast photonics by Qingxi Zhao, Hongwei Chu, Zhongben Pan, Han Pan, Shengzhi Zhao, Dechun Li

“…By characterizing the nonlinear optical properties of the prepared Fe2O3 nanomaterials with different surface oxygen vacancy concentrations, we found that Fe2O3 nanomaterials with larger oxygen vacancy content have a deeper modulation depth and the larger third-order nonlinear coefficient. …”
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Real-Time Analysis of Athletes’ Physical Condition in Training Based on Video Monitoring Technology of Optical Flow Equation by Cuijuan Wang

“…After that, through the analysis of the existing methods, compared with some algorithms that only process a single frame in the video, this article analyzes the continuous multiple frames in the video and extracts the continuous multiple frames of the sampling points through the Lucas-Kanade optical flow method. …”
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Quantifying monochromatic and polychromatic optical blur anisotropy in the periphery of myopes and emmetropes using a radial asymmetry metric by Chloe Degre Kendrick, Dibyendu Pusti, Geunyoung Yoon

“…Myopes were significantly more likely to have vertically oriented blur than emmetropes under monochromatic conditions in the temporal peripheral retina beyond 20°. These differences were minimized when chromatic aberrations were included, though the trend remained the same.ImplicationsA trend of more vertical optical blur in the temporal periphery of myopes strengthens the hypothesis that myopes experience different peripheral optical blur than emmetropes, though the small sample size of the current study limits generalizability of the results. …”
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Estimation of an Abnormal Noise Location Over Multi-Span Optical Fiber Link Based on Nonlinear Fourier Transform by Takumi Motomura, Akihiro Maruta, Hideaki Shimpo, Ken Mishina

“…In addition, we demonstrate that the proposed method is applicable to the case where the launch optical power is shifted from the optimum or an optical fiber link with a different span length.…”
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Direct optical second harmonic generation probing of manufactured effect at interfaces between high-κ dielectric and silicon by Yue Fu, Ruichen Niu, Hongda Zhao, Guangtong Jiang, Kunpeng Zhang, Zhe Zhang, Siwei Zhang, Junbin Li, Ran Wang, Zichen Zhang

“…In this study, the second harmonic generation (SHG) signals are observed from the interfaces between high-κ dielectric layers fabricated by different methods and silicon substrate, a promising class of silicon-based microelectronic and optoelectronic applications. …”
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Differential diagnosis between psoriatic arthritis and hand osteoarthritis using indocyanine green-based fluorescence optical imaging by Benedict Drude, Øystein Maugesten, Stephanie G. Werner, Jens Klotsche, Jens Klotsche, Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester, Gerhard Krönke, Marina Backhaus, Jörn Berger, Ida Kristin Haugen, Sarah Ohrndorf

“…The aim of this study was to differentiate active PsA from EHOA using FOI.MethodsAn atlas with FOI images of different grades of enhancement (FOIAS 0–3) and typical morphologic patterns (‘Streaky signals’, ‘Green/Blue Nail sign’, ‘Werner sign’, and ‘Bishop’s crozier sign’) for PsA and hand EHOA was created. …”
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Investigating MIMO technology in free space optical communication systems for evaluating performance across various environment parameters by Ramanababu Challapalli, P. Chitra

“…Despite the recent disagreement on constrained capability, it has emerged as the most optimal option for the optical communications domain. Because environmental factors have a huge effect on the capacity and availability of free-space optical (FSO) links, especially when adverse weather lowers the signal strength and visibility range, this study looks at what happens to the FSO link when the atmosphere is turbulent in different ways. …”
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Shock Boundary Layer Interaction and Aero-Optical Effects in a Transonic Flow over Hemisphere-on-Cylinder Turrets by Xiang Ren, Huahua Yu, Xianghong Yao, Hua Su, Peng Hu

“…The detached eddy simulation (DES) based on SST k-ω turbulence model and ray-tracing methods are used to reproduce the transonic flow and optical aberration. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic optical evaluation and forceps biopsy in comparison with pathohistological findings of colorectal laterally spreading tumors by V. S. Tkachov, A. V. Klymenko, O. M. Kiosov

“…This makes it necessary to compare the results of optical and forceps biopsy and determine the expediency of performing the latter for different types of colorectal laterally spreading tumors (LST). …”
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Changes of Peripapillary Capillary Density in Patients with Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada Disease Evaluated by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography by Zhijian Jiang, Huiying Ji, Nan Zhang, Liang Huang, Min Zhou, Jianhong Dong

“…Methods. Retrospective case series. 44 patients (88 eyes) were enrolled and were divided into two groups according to presence/absence of optic disc swelling before treatment. …”
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Association between smoking history and optical coherence tomography angiography findings in diabetic patients without diabetic retinopathy. by Dong-Wei Liu, Zeeshan Haq, Daphne Yang, Jay M Stewart

“…<h4>Participants</h4>1099 eyes from 1099 diabetic patients with no clinical evidence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) were included in this study.<h4>Methods</h4>Diabetic patients underwent optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) scanning at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center between April 2018 and September 2019. …”
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Comparison of ocular biometry and refractive outcomes using two swept-source optical coherence tomography-based biometers. by Hansol Park, Young-Sik Yoo, Eunhae Shin, Won Seok Song, Yeokyoung Won, Tae-Young Chung, Dong Hui Lim

“…There were no significant differences in measuring anterior chamber depth (ACD) (p > 0.05). …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of MgO-ZrO₂ Heterostructure: Optical, Mechanical and Electrical Properties by Tabasum Huma, Nadimullah Hakimi, Muhammad Anwar ul haq, Tanzeel Huma, Lei Xu, Xinkun Zhu

“…The presence of both magnesium oxide (MgO) and zirconium dioxide (ZrO₂) in their oxidized forms was shown by the detailed characterization of the MgO-ZrO₂ core–shell nanowire samples utilizing a variety of methods. Phase formation, mechanical homogeneity, optical characteristics, and topographical structure and roughness were all thoroughly examined at various stresses. …”
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Modeling of The Nitrogen Requirement of Winter Wheat for Protein Content Using Optical Sensor in Central Anatolia Region of Türkiye by Uğur Yegül, Burak Şen, Savaş Kuşcu, Ufuk Türker

“…For smallholders in developing countries, the use of a hand-held meter to manage nitrogen fertilizer in rice and wheat is the most popular method. The adoption of nitrogen management strategies based on close sensing using chlorophyll meters and optical sensors will largely depend on the inclusion of specific economic analysis in future research. …”
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Study of morphology, phase composition, optical properties, and thermal stability of hydrothermal zirconium dioxide synthesized at low temperatures by Yuriy Garanin, Rafael Shakirzyanov, Daryn Borgekov, Artem Kozlovskiy, Natalia Volodina, Dmitriy Shlimas, Maxim Zdorovets

“…This paper investigates how different precursors (ZrOCl₂·8H₂O and ZrO(NO₃)₂·2H₂O) and synthesis temperatures (110–160 °C) affect the phase composition, optical properties, size, and shape of ZrO₂ nanoparticles produced by hydrothermal synthesis without calcination. …”
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Factors predicting conversion from colon capsule endoscopy to conventional optical endoscopy—findings from the CESCAIL study by Ian Io Lei, Ioanna Parisi, Anirudh Bhandare, Francisco Porras Perez, Thomas Lee, Chander Shehkar, Mary McStay, Simon Anderson, Angus Watson, Abby Conlin, Rawya Badreldin, Kamran Malik, John Jacob, Andrew Dixon, Jeffrey Butterworth, Nicholas Parsons, Anastasios Koulaouzidis, Ramesh P. Arasaradnam, CESCAIL study group

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Ultrasensitive Temperature Sensor With Cascaded Fiber Optic Fabry&#x2013;Perot Interferometers Based on Vernier Effect by Jin Zhang, Hao Liao, Ping Lu, Xinyue Jiang, Xin Fu, Wenjun Ni, Deming Liu, Jiangshan Zhang

“…Temperature sensitivity of the sensing FPI is much higher than the reference FPI, which means that the reference FPI need not to be thermally isolated. By curve fitting method, three different temperature sensitivities of 33.07, &#x2212;58.60, and 67.35&#x00A0;nm&#x002F;&#x00B0;C have been experimentally demonstrated with different cavity lengths ratio of the sensing and reference FPI, which can be flexibly adjusted to meet different application demands. …”
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