We aimed to determine the distribution of ophthalmic care providers and its correlation with health and socioeconomic status and health system indicators. Data were gathered from the Iran Medical Council and the Iranian Societies of Ophthalmology and Optometry. Concurrent indicators were collected from the Statistical Center of Iran and national studies. A population-adjusted number of combined...

purpose: to explore the attitude of the iranian members towards their american academy of ophthalmology (aao) membership and their utilization pattern of the aao’s services methods: mailed questionnaire survey to 34 current aao members in 2005 results: twenty nine members (85%) participated. almost 50% of the members judged the membership process as not being easy. about 80% of the respondents ...

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...

purpose: to describe the prophylactic patterns for endophthalmitis after cataract surgery in iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 486 ophthalmologists, members of iranian society of ophthalmology, who participated in the 20th annual meeting of ophthalmology in december 2010, tehran-iran, filled a self-administered questionnaire. a wide range of ophthalmologists, from all around the cou...

It seems that patient's knowledge about ophthalmologist's work is very insufficient, especially about what type of examination should be undertaken for refraction condition during the "simple" eye check-up and which serious systemic diseases could be discovered thorough eye examinations. The aim of the study was to determine patients' knowledge about ophthalmologist examinations during the chec...