Main description:

The authors have developed a computer program that can be of valuable assistance in surgical decision-making for strabismus surgery. The combination of diagnostic data of individual surgical cases, related diagnosis and treatments are incorporated into a well designed, clinically applicable software system. A new way of interactive, virtual eye muscle surgery and preoperative planning is proposed, based on a biomechanical model of the human eye, which enables the prediction of surgical outcomes on the basis of objective, anatomically related and measured data. Additionally, a realistic three-dimensional visualization of the human eyes and their muscles is used to support detailed evaluation and meaningful interpretation of eye motility disorders. This software system is not intended to replace common clinical diagnostics, nor surgical expertise but it should improve the accuracy of clinical decisions in an objective manner.

Contents:

Instruction Introduction Methods and Tools Analytical Models Structure of biomechanical models History of modelling the human eye Eye Model SEE-KID Medical Basics Physiology of Eye Motility Neural Structures Functional topography Analysis of eye motility disorders Horizontal Strabismus Inkomitante, peripherical and central eye motility disorders Vertical motility disorders Nomenclature Vertical Strabismus Aspects of Diagnosis SEE++ References Epilogue and perspectives Literature