PURPOSE To assess the safety and effectiveness of the Hydrus Microstent (Ivantis, Inc, Irvine, CA) with concurrent cataract surgery (CS) for reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) in open-angle glaucoma (OAG). DESIGN Prospective, multicenter, randomized, single-masked, controlled clinical trial. PARTICIPANTS One hundred eyes from 100 patients 21 to 80 years of age with OAG and cataract with IO...

PURPOSE To study the effect on outflow facility and outflow resistance of a nitinol microstent implanted into Schlemm's canal. METHODS Using a constant pressure perfusion method, outflow facility and outflow resistance were measured in 26 pairs of dissected anterior segments from donated human eyes. Measurements were made at perfusion pressures of 10, 20, 30 and 40 mm Hg. The Hydrus Microsten...

Active range cameras based on the Photonic Mixer Device (PMD) allow to capture low-resolution depth images of dynamic scenes at high frame rates. To use such devices together with high resolution optical cameras (e.g. in media production) the relative pose of the cameras with respect to each other has to be determined. This task becomes even more challenging, if the camera is to be moved and th...

Intensity based two-dimensional to three-dimensional (2D3D) registration algorithms usually rely on the generation of a Digitally Reconstructed Radiograph (DRR) in each iteration of the registration algorithm. The vast majority of the computation time of such registration algorithms can be contributed to the calculations needed to produce DRRs. Since 2D-3D registration often is applied during c...

In this contribution we present a formulation of the 2D3D pose estimation problem using implicit algebraic surfaces. To model the projective mapping, we apply novel Dixon resultant heuristics to deal with the rapidly increasing polynomial degrees of projected image outlines. The advantages as well as disadvantages of using linearised twist coordinates for pose representation are also discussed....

Constructed wetlands (CWs) are engineered water treatment systems designed to remove various types of contaminants. A large number of processes simultaneously contribute to water quality improvement in CWs. During the last decade, there has been a wide interest in the understanding of complex “constructed wetland” systems, including the development of numerical process-based models describing t...

Innovative irrigation solutions have to face water scarcity problems affecting the Mediterranean countries. Generally, surface (DI) or subsurface drip irrigation systems (SDI) have the ability to increase water productivity (WP). But the question about their possible utilization for crops such as corn would merit to be analysed using an appropriate economic tool. The latter would be necessary b...

Dyes like Brilliant Blue have similar adsorptive behaviour as some organic contaminants, e.g., pesticides. Bromide ions, on the other hand, move much like NO3-N (fertilizer) in soil. Consequently, by using these two tracers, it is possible to in a general way mimic how organic contaminants and fertilizers may move through soils. Three plots with sandy soil in semiarid Tunisia were irrigated dur...