Bani Antonio-Aguirre

1 month ago | biorxiv.org | Annabelle Pan |Ying Liu |Bani Antonio-Aguirre |Joyce Wang

AbstractPhotoreceptor transplantation is being studied to improve visual function in retinal diseases causing blindness, such as age-related macular degeneration, hereditary eye diseases, and traumatic retinopathy, among others. Preclinical studies often involve the delivery of exogenous human photoreceptor cells into the retinas of animal models.

Feb 26, 2024 | bjo.bmj.com | Jasdeep Sabharwal |Bani Antonio-Aguirre |Mya Abousy |Tapan A. Patel

AbstractPurpose To classify fleck lesions and assess artificial intelligence (AI) in identifying flecks in Stargardt disease (STGD). Methods A retrospective study of 170 eyes from 85 consecutive patients with confirmed STGD. Fundus autofluorescence images were extracted, and flecks were manually outlined. A deep learning model was trained, and a hold-out testing subset was used to compare with manually identified flecks and for graders to assess. Flecks were clustered using K-means clustering.

Oct 12, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Megan Collins |Johns Hopkins |Bani Antonio-Aguirre

Bridging the Gap in Adolescent Vision Care Through Schools Vision screenings play a critical role in detecting children at risk for vision problems. For younger children, screenings are a means of detecting amblyopia risk factors. In school-age children, screenings have the additional benefit of identifying those who may have uncorrected refractive error and need eyeglasses.