Night-vision aid using see-through display for patients with retinitis pigmentosa.

abstract：PURPOSE:Defensins are antimicrobial peptides and are classified into three groups, alpha-, beta- and theta-defensins. We investigated the localization of human neutrophil peptides (HNP) 1-3, which are members of the alpha-defensin subfamily, and the expression of human beta-defensin 1 (hBD-1) and hBD-2 in the ocular su...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ikeda A,Sakimoto T,Shoji J,Sawa M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A new method for quantification of metamorphopsia was applied to study distorted vision in patients with epiretinal membrane. METHOD:Sixty-three patients with unilateral epiretinal membrane in the macula were examined. A modified Amsler chart (a grid of black lines on a white background measuring 12 x 12 cm wi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Shinoda K,Ishida S,Kawashima S,Matsuzaki T,Yamada K,Katsura H

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the capability of perceiving forms in patients with visual field loss, a concept of functional visual field was introduced based on determinations of the time required for pattern recognition. Two series of stimulus patterns were made of Japanese syllabic hiragana characters drawn with black dots in the back...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ikeda F,Ikeda M,Shioiri S,Takao M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interferon alpha-2b (IFN alpha 2b) was recently shown to be effective as an alternative therapy for conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). Herein, we report our successful management of CIN by the use of IFN alpha 2b. CASE:A 73-year-old woman presented with a complaint of irritation due to a tumorous...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kobayashi A,Yoshita T,Uchiyama K,Shirao Y,Kitagawa K,Fujisawa A,Tseng SC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the progressive changes of circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thicknesses measured by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (Cirrus SD-OCT) in open-angle glaucoma. METHODS:One hundred-fourteen eyes of open-angle glaucoma p...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kim HJ,Jeoung JW,Yoo BW,Kim HC,Park KH

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosaminoglycans (GAG) in pterygium tissues were analyzed and the results were compared with those in the normal human conjunctiva. A marked difference in the GAG composition was found: 78% of the total hexosamines of GAG from pterygium was glucosamine, whereas 98% of those of the conjunctiva was galactosamine. Pter...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kaneko M,Takaku I,Katsura N

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to experimentally investigate changes in visible light-induced photo-oxidation and to evaluate the inhibitory effect of various acrylic tinted intraocular lenses (IOLs) on photooxidation. METHODS:Three types of nontinted (VA-60BB, HOYA; SA60AT, Alcon; AU-6, Menicon) and tinted (YA-60B...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Mukai K,Matsushima H,Sawano M,Nobori H,Obara Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nationwide, multicenter study of typical retinitis pigmentosa was carried out in collaboration with 13 university hospitals throughout Japan. A total of 253 patients, 122 males and 131 females, with a wide range of ages (mean 48 years), were registered during a two-month period in 1989. Determination of inheritance ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hayakawa M,Matsumura M,Ohba N,Matsui M,Fujiki K,Kanai A,Tamai M,Shiono T,Tokoro T,Akazawa Y

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the effectiveness, safety, and stability of laser subepithelial keratomileusis (LASEK), a modified photorefractive keratectomy for low to moderate myopia. METHODS:This study evaluated the results of LASEK in 48 myopic patients (84 eyes) with a consecutive 6-month follow-up period. Preoperative myopi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lee JB,Choe CM,Seong GJ,Gong HY,Kim EK

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To clarify the redox states of the aqueous humor and serum in senile cataract patients. METHODS:We analyzed the reduced and oxidized albumin fractions in 58 patients. The patients had no detectable evidence of other eye or systemic diseases and were divided into two age groups (53-75 and 76-96 years). Analysis...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kawai K,Hayashi T,Matsuyama Y,Minami T,Era S

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of the Fluorotron Master fluorophotometer fitted with a small animal adapter was evaluated with tree shrews. We also determined that the optimal measurement parameters for these animals, which are regarded as promising for experimental use in ophthalmic research, are: fluorescein-Na concentration, 0.5 x...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ishiko S,Yoshida A,Kitaya N,Abiko T,Mori F,Kado M,Takahashi M,Saito K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of tetramethylpyrazine on the elevation of aqueous flare and intraocular pressure (IOP) induced by prostaglandin (PG) E(2) and PGE(2) receptor (EP) agonists. METHODS:PGE(2) or EP agonists (11-deoxy PGE(1), EP(2) agonist; 17-phenyl trinor PGE(2), EP(1) and EP(3) agonist; or sulprostone, E...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kitagawa K,Hayasaka S,Nagaki Y,Watanabe K

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to estimate the optimal size of visual field test for detecting longitudinal changes in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) by dividing the visual field. METHODS:We reviewed the results of 10° static visual field tests in 19 eyes of 19 RP patients. Sixty-eight numeric value points were divi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ogino K,Otani A,Oishi A,Kurimoto M,Sekiya T,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In a previous study we demonstrated that the progression of the disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP) can be readily monitored by the mean deviation (MD) measured by Humphrey central 10-2 perimetry, which assesses the sensitivity distribution in the macular area in eyes affected by RP. In the present study, we inve...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Abe K,Iijima H,Hirakawa H,Tsukahara Y,Toda Y

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the effect of voxel size on the detection of lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) activation during visual stimulation using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at 1.5 T. METHODS:Ten normal subjects were scanned during visual stimulation with flashing goggles, four times, with four different voxe...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Miki A,Liu CS,Liu GT

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the visualization of microaneurysms (MAs) in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) with that using fluorescein angiography (FA). STUDY DESIGN:Prospective, clinical, and experimental. METHODS:This study was a prospective evaluation of imaging t...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hamada M,Ohkoshi K,Inagaki K,Ebihara N,Murakami A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective effect of geraniin (tannin from Geranium thunbergii) against oxidative damage was examined in the mouse ocular lens. Oxidative damage in the lens was induced by diamide, diazene dicarboxylic acid bis (N,N-dimethylamide); diamide oxidized the sulfhydryl groups in both the membrane and cytoplasm but did n...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Fukaya Y,Nakazawa K,Okuda T,Iwata S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the keratocyte response and stromal remodeling after corneal incision and photorefractive keratectomy to understand the histophysiological and immunohistochemical differences between these two types of surgery. METHODS:Corneal incision or photorefractive keratectomy was performed in rabbits or ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Tanaka T

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unilateral intravitreal inoculation of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) induced bilateral retinitis and encephalitis in the rat. Immunohistochemistry was employed to clarify the pathway of transmission of HSV-1 from the inoculated eye to the contralateral eye, and to identify localization of the viral antigen in ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Matsushima M,Uyama M,Ohyama A,Ueyama T,Sugimoto T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate dye retention in the fundus after indocyanine green (ICG)-assisted internal limiting membrane peeling. METHODS:Ten eyes with stage 3 or 4 nondiabetic idiopathic macular hole (MH group) and six eyes with diffuse diabetic macular edema (DM group) were studied. The fundus was examined with 780-nm infr...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ashikari M,Ozeki H,Tomida K,Sakurai E,Tamai K,Ogura Y

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latanoprost (PhXA41, Xalatan) and isopropyl unoprostone (UF-021, unoprostone, Rescula) two new prostanoid derivatives, have been shown to reduce intraocular pressure (IOP) significantly in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension. This study was designed to compare the ocular hypotensive effects of latanoprost an...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Serle JB,Podos SM,Kitazawa Y,Wang RF

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Changes in optic disc and peripapillary structures associated with optic nerve edema in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), can be evaluated with spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). We aimed to evaluate the association between increased cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) opening pressure and c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Bingöl Kızıltunç P,Atilla H

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Lacquer cracks are thought to represent healed mechanical breaks in the retinal pigment epithelium, Bruch's membrane, and choriocapillaris complex. In this study, we analyzed the indocyanine green (ICG) angiographic features of lacquer cracks and compared them with findings using fluorescein angiography. Complete opht...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ohno-Matsui K,Morishima N,Ito M,Tokoro T

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore methods of automated visual field (VF) examination for the assessment of macular function. METHOD:We used a VF examination (AP-7000 automatic perimeter, Kowa, Japan) to examine macular function in 53 eyes from 29 patients with open angle glaucoma. We measured the mean total deviation (c-MD) of 16 po...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Omodaka K,Kunimatsu-Sanuki S,Morin R,Tsuda S,Yokoyama Y,Takahashi H,Maruyama K,Kunikata H,Nakazawa T

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Movement of fluorescein and fluorescein glucuronide, a fluorescent metabolite of fluorescein, across the isolated iris-ciliary body of the albino rabbit was determined under short-circuit conditions using a modified Ussing's chamber. The permeabilities of this tissue to these dyes were calculated. The outward permeabi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Eguchi S,Araie M,Takase M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare endothelial damage of the donor cornea in relation to the method of inserting the donor cornea into the recipient anterior chamber during Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). METHODS:Fifteen enucleated pig eyes were used. The donor corneoscleral buttons were mounted in an a...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Hwang H,Kim M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A surgically obtained lens from a 66-year-old man with the Weill-Marchesani syndrome was examined histopathologically by light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The lens was diffusely opaque and brown. It was microspherophakic in appearance, 6.0 mm in equatorial diameter an...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Nagata M,Takagi S,Yamasaki A,Tsunematsu S,Kumagami T,Itamochi C,Tamai A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effectiveness of the isolated caruncular approach to orbital decompression of thyroid ophthalmopathy. METHODS:In a retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series, we reviewed the records of 29 patients (48 orbits) who had thyroid ophthalmopathy and had undergone orbital decompression...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Woo KI,Kim YD

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computerized digital image analysis system was developed to evaluate the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) by red-free fundus photography. The image intensity of the RNFL was computed for 30 degrees between the disc and macula. Thirty early open-angle glaucoma patients and 30 normal age-matched subjects were examined...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Yamazaki Y,Miyazawa T,Yamada H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We present the pathological findings at orbital exenteration in a patient with Wyburn-Mason syndrome who underwent transarterial embolization. CASE:A 31-year-old man with a 10-year history of gradual exacerbation of left exophthalmos and left cheek swelling was found to have facial and orbital arteriovenous...

journal_title：Japanese journal of ophthalmology

authors： Matsuo T,Yanai H,Sugiu K,Tominaga S,Kimata Y

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00