Surgical microscopes now offer 3D capabilities, but to see the images one had to use a separate cart with a 3D screen and related equipment on it. Now Leica Microsystems is releasing a couple new microscopes with with TrueVision (Santa Barbara, CA) 3D technology built right in.
The new Leica M720 OH5 and Leica M525 OH4 models stream (Read more...)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Despite data presented earlier at the American Thyroid Association Annual Meeting showing that rituximab was not effective in treating Graves’ ophthalmopathy, another presenter here said that the drug does improve disease state when compared with methylprednisolone.“Response to rituximab was as high as 93%, compared to 69% observed after IV steroid,” Mario Salvi, MD, from the University of Milan in Italy, said. “Preliminary evidence of NOSPECS class 2 signs shows improvement after rituximab.”
Purpose: Phase-variance optical coherence tomography (PV-OCT) provides volumetric imaging of the retinal vasculature without the need for intravenous injection of a fluorophore. We compare images from PV-OCT and fluorescein angiography (FA) for normal …
Publication date: Available online 22 October 2013
Source:Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
Author(s): Mike Francke , Moritz Kreysing , Andreas Mack , Jacob Engelmann , Anett Karl , Felix Makarov , Jochen Guck , Mathias Kolle , Hartwig Wolburg , Roland Pusch , Gerhard von der Emde , (Read more...)
InnoCore Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has signed an exclusive License and Collaboration Agreement with Allergan, Inc., a multi-specialty health care company headquartered in Irvine, California.
In mid-winter and mid-summer, my office phone starts ringing in earnest. “John, you’ve got to get in here. Our volume is going through the floor.” These normal seasonal lulls in patient volume are often misinterpreted by clients as the harbinger of disaster. In a few cases, these concerns are warranted. But more often, light clinics and surgical calendars are driven by normal seasonal market forces, some of which are under administrative control. Slips in volume that you can’t control can at least be predicted and braced for in advance.