Many studies have already shown that artificial intelligence can make many things easier in ophthalmology. Until now, however, there has been a lack of real-life examples of application in clinical practice. The path from the development of an algorithm to the clinic was also a major hurdle. With Heidelberg AppWay, Heidelberg Engineering has now developed a solution to these problems.

Every ophthalmic surgeon painfully remembers their learning curve at the beginning of their surgical training. But even experienced ophthalmic surgeons have blind spots or surgeries that they have never performed, or that they want to perform but have no opportunity to learn. Haag-Streit Simulation now offers a comprehensive solution for this - not only for surgery.

Digital and remote ophthalmic patient care has always been limited by the availability of multimodality and automated imaging. The start-up MIKAJAKI is now trying to solve this problem with their EyeLib system and offers an Artificial Intelligence supported all-in-one solution for automated and intelligent ophthalmic diagnostics. In the following interview, CEO Yann Voillot tells us what EyeLib can do for us ophthalmologists and for the patients.

Search engines are used worldwide and are almost ubiquitously available due to the spread of smartphones. The evaluation of search engine queries not only has a high potential to make statements about the past and the present, but initial studies also show that, to a certain extent, statements can be made about the future in the sense of forecasting.

This year's ESCRS Winter Meeting will be held virtually from February 18-20, 2022. In this article we take you into the program of the virtual meeting and show you the highlights of digitalization, automation and digital transformation of the European cataract and refractive community. Register for the ESCRS virtual now.

Xeno-Hoc is a Japanese startup specializing in the development of artificial intelligence algorithms. Especially in the field of automated image data analysis in ophthalmology, the research group of founder Hiroki Masumoto (Head Prof. Hitoshi Tabuchi, Hiroshima, Japan) has published a number of high-profile publications. Moreover, the work group is also specialized in both anterior and posterior segment imaging of the eye.