E-glaucoma is an innovative glaucoma screening project utilizing artificial intelligence. This innovative method was developed under the leadership of Professor Jerzy Szaflik.
What is glaucoma?
Glaucoma is an insidious disease that is one of the most common causes of vision loss. It involves the irreversible atrophy of the optic nerve, resulting in progressive visual field defects. Left untreated, it leads to blindness.
Why is glaucoma called the “silent thief of sight”?
Glaucoma typically develops very slowly, causing patients to “accustom” to its presence. Patients often go unnoticed for a long time as the progressive, irreversible vision damage progresses.
How many Poles might suffer from glaucoma?
Glaucoma can affect up to 900,000 Poles (primarily those over 60), yet only 350,000 of them receive treatment.
Why is early glaucoma detection so important?
In the case of glaucoma, the key to preserving vision is early diagnosis.
However, as many as 70% of glaucoma cases are detected too late.
In the case of glaucoma, the key to maintaining good vision is early diagnosis of the disease, which in its early stages does not produce any alarming symptoms.
A solution to this problem may be screening tests, which allow for diagnosis at the earliest possible stage.
Who should undergo such a test?
Glaucoma screening should be performed on individuals over the age of 55.
Individuals at increased risk, such as those with a family history of glaucoma, as well as those suffering from vision defects (myopia, hyperopia), hypertension, circulatory disorders, diabetes, migraines, and headaches, should be screened particularly frequently.
What is the e-glaucoma project?
e-glaucoma is an innovative glaucoma screening program. The e-glaucoma system uses a so-called Artificial intelligence (AI) in the diagnostic process.
The e-glaucoma program is characterized by high diagnostic accuracy. The patient receives a result indicating the suspicion of glaucoma with a probability of up to 90%.
How does the e-glaucoma examination work?
The examination is short and comfortable for the patient. It requires no preparation. It involves taking a photograph of the fundus of the eye (without the need to dilate the pupil), which is then analyzed by a computer. The entire procedure takes only a few minutes.
How quickly are the results obtained?
The results of the examination are received within minutes of its completion.
Who created the e-glaucoma program?
The e-glaucoma program was developed by an interdisciplinary group of experts led by Prof. Jerzy Szaflik. Leading ophthalmologists participated in the over two-year project, including Prof. Jacek P. Szaflik, Dr. Anna Zalewska-Żmijewska, and the team of Prof. Jacek Pniewski from the Department of Optical Physics at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, and a team of computer technology experts led by Paweł Borowiecki.
How does e-glaucoma work?
E-glaucoma is based on computer analysis of a color image of the fundus of the eye. Artificial intelligence assigns the image to a “healthy” or “diseased” category using a neural network—in simple terms, a knowledge base entered into the system. This database was created using over 2,500 images of healthy and glaucoma-affected individuals provided by the Glaucoma Clinic of the Clinical Ophthalmology Hospital and the “Laser” Eye Microsurgery Center.
Furthermore, e-glaucoma has the ability to “deep learn,” meaning it self-improves with each examination.
Where can I get an e-glaucoma examination?
Free e-glaucoma examinations will soon be available at the CMO “Laser” clinic in Siedlce.
CLINIC IN SIEDLCE
Center for Eye Microsurgery “Laser”
Professor Jerzy Szaflik’s Clinic
Siedlce, Aleksandrowska Street 4
and
Adamed Pharma S.A.
invite you to
FREE GLAUCOMA TESTS
using the e-glaucoma system
June 24, 2019
from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM
June 25-28, 2019
from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Please register for the examination
by calling (25) 631 31 77.
Please bring your ID card to the examination.