Ray Visualization and Through-Focus Optical Quality of Diffractive Enhanced Monofocal and Extended-Depth-of-Focus Intraocular Lenses by Baur ID, Khoramnia R, Son HS, Auffarth GU, Łabuz G

“…Isabella Diana Baur,1,2 Ramin Khoramnia,1 Hyeck-Soo Son,1 Gerd Uwe Auffarth,1 Grzegorz Łabuz1 1David J Apple Center for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; 2Augsburg University Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Augsburg, GermanyCorrespondence: Isabella Diana Baur, Augsburg University Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Stenglinstraße 2, Augsburg, 86156, Germany, Email Isabella.Baur@uk-augsburg.dePurpose: We compared two hybrid refractive-diffractive IOLs with enhanced depth of focus in an in vitro study with regard to optical quality in monochromatic and polychromatic light as well as their ray-propagation behavior.Methods: The Mono-EDoF ME4 IOL (Santen Pharmaceutical, Osaka, Japan) and the Tecnis Symfony IOL (Johnson & Johnson Vision, USA) were assessed using the OptiSpheric IOL PRO 2 (Trioptics GmbH, Germany) to measure the through focus (TF) modulation transfer function (MTF) using monochromatic green (546 nm) and polychromatic light at different spatial frequencies. …”
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Plasmonic optical fiber biosensors for ultra-low detection of respiratory syncytial virus via point-of-care tests by Federica Passeggio, Luigi Zeni, Massimiliano Galdiero, Francesco Arcadio, Carla Zannella, Anna De Filippis, Chiara Marzano, Ines Tavoletta, Fabiana Napolitano, Rosalba Pitruzzella, Giuseppe Portella, Nunzio Cennamo

“…The POF-based RSV biosensor performance was first obtained via standard solutions with different RSV concentrations to evaluate the binding sensitivity with the target analyte. …”
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Optical coherence tomography in the evaluation of structural changes in primary open-angle glaucoma with and without elevated intraocular pressure by Trenkić-Božinović Marija, Zlatanović Gordana, Jovanović Predrag, Veselinović Dragan, Đorđević-Jocić Jasmina, Radenković Marija, Resan Mirko

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences and connections between changes in the visual field and the thickness of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma with normal and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). …”
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Analysis of Foveal Microvascular Abnormalities in Diabetic Retinopathy Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography with Projection Artifact Removal by Lun Liu, Jian Gao, Weili Bao, Chengyang Hu, Yajing Xu, Bingying Zhao, Jie Zheng, Lingling Fan, Yehuan Sun

“…To analyze foveal microvascular abnormalities in different stages of diabetic retinopathy (DR) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) with projection artifact removal (PAR). …”
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Evaluation of optical sensor technology for the early detection of peripheral intravenous infiltration in neonates: a retrospective cohort study by Matheus F P T van Rens, Kevin Hugill, Airene L V Francia, Mohammad A A Bayoumi, Robin van der Lee, Fredericus H J van van Loon

“…In the ivWatch cohort (Phase 2, 2021–2022), continuous optical sensor-based monitoring using the ivWatch system was implemented alongside TLC assessments. …”
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Advancing Diabetic Retinopathy Screening: A Systematic Review of Artificial Intelligence and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Innovations by Alireza Hayati, Mohammad Reza Abdol Homayuni, Reza Sadeghi, Hassan Asadigandomani, Mohammad Dashtkoohi, Sajad Eslami, Mohammad Soleimani

“…These AI-driven tools substantially enhance the sensitivity, specificity, and interpretability of DR screening. <b>Methods</b>: A systematic review of PubMed, Scopus, WOS, and Embase databases, including quality assessment of published studies, investigating the result of different AI algorithms with OCTA parameters in DR patients was conducted. …”
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OSHFNet: A heterogeneous dual-branch dynamic fusion network of optical and SAR images for land use classification by Chenfang Liu, Yuli Sun, Xianghui Zhang, Yanjie Xu, Lin Lei, Gangyao Kuang

“…However, due to the huge difference in image representation between optical and SAR data, this difference will lead to inaccurate information expression when using the same structure to extract features, resulting in poor performance in classification tasks. …”
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Applicability of Optical Emission Spectroscopy for Industrial Flame Analysis with Hydrogen and Natural Gas Mixtures Based on Laboratory Study by Arto Rautioaho, Henri Pauna, Mikko Jokinen, Oskari Seppälä, Elsa Busson, Lukas Sankowski, Ville-Valtteri Visuri, Timo Fabritius

“…This study investigates optical emission spectroscopy as an analysis method for hydrogen and natural gas burner flames relevant to industrial use. …”
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Variotherm assisted precision injection molding of plastic optical lenses based on improved cooling stage control model by Yuwang Hu, Changxi Xue

“…The residual stress and deformation of a precision injection molded aspherical plastic optical lens for imaging optical systems were studied through simulation and experimentation under different maximum and minimum temperature and cooling time conditions. …”
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Wavenumber Processing Techniques to Determine Structural Intensity and Its Divergence from Optical Measurements without Leakage Effects by Jean-Claude Pascal, Jing-Fang Li, Xavier Carniel

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Research Paper: Application of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Distributed-Temperature Sensors Using Single-Mode Optical Fibers by Mohammadreza Rezazadeh Shirazi

“…Then, using a curve-fitting method based on another reported experimental data set, different-order polynomials of degrees up to six are considered for the acoustic wave velocity with temperature. …”
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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 Arasaradnam

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Influence of TiO2 nanoparticles on the optical and structural properties of PPV thin films converted at low temperatures by B. Rostirolla, E. Laureto, M. A. T. da Silva, H. de Santana, I. F. L. Dias, J. L. Duarte

“…We observed that the introduction of the dye resulted in an additional absorbance band near 550–700 nm, which can be beneficial to the photon harvesting capacity of the polymer if it is used as the donor material in a photovoltaic device. We studied how the optical and structures properties of this blend change when different quantities of TiO2 nanoparticles are introduced. …”
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Study of the influence of sintering additives and vacuum sintering conditions on optical properties of LuAG:Er (1 at.%) ceramics by E.V. Medyanik, F.F. Malyavin, V.A. Lapin, A.A. Kravtsov, V.E. Suprunchuk, L.V. Tarala

“…The article discusses in detail how the microstructure and optical transmission of ceramics with sintering additives MgO and CaO change at different vacuum sintering temperatures. …”
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Investigating How Cu Addition Affects the Gas Sensing, Electrical, Optical and Structural Properties of ZnO Nanoparticles by Fatemeh Moosavi, Giovanni Neri

“…In this study, we report the morphological and microstructural characteristics (phase, crystallinity, morphology, surface functional groups) as well as the optical, electrical and gas sensing properties of pristine ZnO and Cu-doped ZnO nanoparticles prepared by a simple sol-gel method. …”
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Coupling SAR and optical remote sensing data for soil moisture retrieval over dense vegetation covered areas. by Jiahao Shi, Huan Yang, Xinli Hou, Honglu Zhang, Guozhong Tang, Heng Zhao, Fuqiang Wang

“…In this study, based on Sentinel-1 SAR and Sentinel-2 optical remote sensing data, a coupling approach was employed to retrieval surface soil moisture over dense vegetated areas. …”
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Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of GaAs Doped with Rare-Earth Elements (Sc, Y, La, Ce, and Pr) by Yongrong Deng, Chunhong Zhang, Xinmao Qin, Wanjun Yan

“…Herein, the electronic structure and optical properties of GaAs doped with rare-earth elements (Sc, Y, La, Ce, and Pr) were evaluated using the first-principles method. …”
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Azimuthal mode decomposition of millimeter-wave integer and non-integer optical vortices generated by a spiral mirror by Y. Goto, T. I. Tsujimura, S. Kubo

“…We investigated the characteristics of both integer and non-integer optical vortices (OVs) in the millimeter-wave regime generated by a spiral mirror. …”
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Detection and Strong Classification of Natural Weld Defects by Magneto-Optical Imaging Under Rotating Magnetic Field Excitation by Yanfeng Li, Xiangdong Gao, Yanxi Zhang

“…The principal component analysis (PCA) method and the Tamura method are used to extract the grayscale values and texture features of natural weld defect&#x2019;s MO images, respectively. …”
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Design of Optical Sensor Membrane Based on Polymer Poly(methyl methacrylate) for Paracetamol Detection in Traditional Herbal Medicine by Rimadani Pratiwi, Shelvy Elizabeth Suherman, Rajkannah A. L. Poongan, Mutakin Mutakin, Aliya Nur Hasanah

“…The results show that optical sensor membrane which has been developed can be used as new detection method of paracetamol for community application.…”
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