background: we aimed here to investigate the association between alleles and genotypes of apoe and age-related macular degeneration (amd) development. materials and methods: after ophthalmological examination, 120 patients with confirmed amd and 120 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. the polymorphic segment of apoe gene was pcr-amplified and sequenced to determine the frequency distri...

purpose : to offer a semi-automatic algorithm to determine the area of angiographic hyperfluorescence methods : the proposed algorithm included wavelet filter, histogram equalization and modified otsu thresholding. hyperfluorescent area of 30 angiographic images obtained from patients with leaking choroidal neovascularization (cnv) and diabetic retinopathy were evaluated and the results were co...

age-related macular degeneration (armd) is a major cause of central blindness among working aged adults across the world. systematic research planning on any subject, including armd is in need of solid data regarding previous efforts in this field and to identify the gaps in the research. this study aimed to elucidate the most important trends, directions, and gap in this subject. the data extr...