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  • 1973 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Leopold Schmetterer is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology. The main areas of study include Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Retinal Imaging and Analysis, Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Optical Coherence Tomography Applications, Corneal surgery and disorders, Retinal and Optic Conditions, and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies.

Recent papers by Schmetterer cover significant topics in ophthalmic imaging and disease detection. These include:

  • "Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning in Ophthalmology" (2022), published in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
  • "A deep learning model for detection of Alzheimer's disease based on retinal photographs: a retrospective, multicentre case-control study" (2022), published in The Lancet Digital Health
  • "Retinal photograph-based deep learning algorithms for myopia and a blockchain platform to facilitate artificial intelligence medical research: a retrospective multicohort study" (2021), published in The Lancet Digital Health
  • "Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy" (2020), published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Retinal microvasculature dysfunction is associated with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment" (2020), published in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Schmetterer include:

  • Jacqueline Chua
  • Bingyao Tan
  • Damon Wing Kee Wong
  • Gerhard Garhöfer
  • Doreen Schmidl

Schmetterer's work has been published extensively in several key ophthalmology and vision science journals. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Acta Ophthalmologica
  • Scientific Reports
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • British Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Translational Vision Science & Technology

In recognition of professional contributions, Schmetterer was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 1973.

Best Publications

  • Real-time assessment of retinal blood flow with ultrafast acquisition by color Doppler Fourier domain optical coherence tomography.

    Rainer A. Leitgeb;L. Schmetterer;W. Drexler;A. F. Fercher

  • Artificial intelligence and deep learning in ophthalmology

    Daniel Shu Wei Ting;Louis R Pasquale;Lily Peng;John Peter Campbell

  • Use of laser speckle flowgraphy in ocular blood flow research

    Tetsuya Sugiyama;Makoto Araie;Charles E. Riva;Leopold Schmetterer

  • Anterior segment optical coherence tomography.

    Marcus Ang;Mani Baskaran;René M. Werkmeister;Jacqueline Chua

  • Deep learning in ophthalmology: The technical and clinical considerations.

    Daniel S.W. Ting;Lily Peng;Avinash V. Varadarajan;Pearse A. Keane

  • Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography

    Rainer A. Leitgeb;René M. Werkmeister;Cedric Blatter;Leopold Schmetterer

  • Real-time measurement of in vitro flow by Fourier-domain color Doppler optical coherence tomography.

    Rainer A. Leitgeb;Leopold Schmetterer;Christoph K. Hitzenberger;Adolf F. Fercher

  • The complex interaction between ocular perfusion pressure and ocular blood flow - relevance for glaucoma.

    Doreen Schmidl;Gerhard Garhofer;Leopold Schmetterer

  • Ocular perfusion pressure and ocular blood flow in glaucoma.

    A Popa Cherecheanu;G Garhofer;D Schmidl;R Werkmeister

  • Nitric oxide regulates retinal vascular tone in humans.

    Guido T. Dorner;Gerhard Garhofer;Barbara Kiss;Elzbieta Polska

  • Ocular blood flow and systemic blood pressure in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.

    Gabriele Fuchsjäger-Mayrl;Beate Wally;Michael Georgopoulos;Georg Rainer

  • Ocular blood flow and associated functional deviations in diabetic retinopathy

    L. Schmetterer;M. Wolzt

  • Exercise Training Improves Vascular Endothelial Function in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

    Gabriele Fuchsjäger-Mayrl;Johannes Pleiner;Günther F. Wiesinger;Anna E. Sieder

  • Reduced response of retinal vessel diameters to flicker stimulation in patients with diabetes.

    G Garhöfer;C Zawinka;H Resch;P Kothy

  • Ocular perfusion pressure in glaucoma

    Vital P Costa;Alon Harris;Douglas Anderson;Richard Stodtmeister

  • Role of nitric oxide in the control of ocular blood flow.

    Leopold Schmetterer;Kaija Polak;Kaija Polak

  • Endothelial dysfunction in glaucoma

    Hemma Resch;Gerhard Garhofer;Gabriele Fuchsjäger-Mayrl;Anton Hommer

  • Use of the retinal vessel analyzer in ocular blood flow research.

    Gerhard Garhofer;Toke Bek;Andreas G. Boehm;Doina Gherghel

  • A randomised double-masked trial comparing the visual outcome after treatment with ranibizumab or bevacizumab in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration

    Ilse Krebs;Leopold Schmetterer;Agnes Boltz;Reinhard Told

  • Eye Elongation during Accommodation in Humans: Differences between Emmetropes and Myopes

    Wolfgang Drexler;Oliver Findl;Leopold Schmetterer;Christoph K. Hitzenberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Georg Eichler
Hans-Georg Eichler European Medicines Agency
Oliver Findl
Oliver Findl Hanusch Hospital
Tien Yin Wong
Tien Yin Wong Tsinghua University
Ching-Yu Cheng
Ching-Yu Cheng National University of Singapore
Tin Aung
Tin Aung National University of Singapore
Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth
Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth Medical University of Vienna
Karl Sigmund
Karl Sigmund University of Vienna
Damon Wing Kee Wong
Damon Wing Kee Wong Nanyang Technological University
Christoph K. Hitzenberger
Christoph K. Hitzenberger Medical University of Vienna
Carol Y. Cheung
Carol Y. Cheung Chinese University of Hong Kong

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