# Portable motion-stabilized optical coherence tomography for eye care in acute care settings

> **NIH NIH R01** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $400,789

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
This research proposal from a multi-disciplinary team including an emergency medicine physician,
ophthalmologists, and biomedical engineers seeks to improve the ability of acute care providers to diagnose
and triage eye pathology at the point of care. Acute care settings such as emergency departments frequently
take care of patients seeking eye care. In these acute care settings, standard of care instruments to examine
the eye are notoriously difficult to use and interpret, and specialty ophthalmic care can be delayed or
unavailable. To improve the ability of acute care providers to diagnose and triage these patients appropriately,
we will introduce an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system specifically for this environment. This OCT
system will have hardware and software innovations to maximize the ability of acute care providers to acquire
accurate, high quality three-dimensional volumes of their patients' eyes. With these three-dimensional renders
of the eye, acute care providers can view the patient's eye on a display from any perspective to identify
pathologies such as macular edema from diabetes or optic nerve head swelling from increased intracranial
pressure.
These developments have both direct immediate clinical and research applicability by providing acute care
providers with the ability to readily examine patient eyes in three-dimensions. In addition, there are future
implications as a platform for remote diagnostic capabilities in other settings where specialty eye care may be
limited.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9931227
- **Project number:** 5R01EY029302-03
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** JOSEPH A IZATT
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $400,789
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-01 → 2022-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9931227

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9931227, Portable motion-stabilized optical coherence tomography for eye care in acute care settings (5R01EY029302-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9931227. Licensed CC0.

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