Meet the editors

Dr. Alireza Ziaei, MD, is a physician-scientist at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including the National Excellent Researcher Award, National Young Investigator Award, and Science Excellence Prize. His main areas of interest are medical image processing and analysis, molecular basis and pathology pathways of ophthalmic disease, radiological detection, and image-guided therapy. He has

considerable experience in biomedical research at Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, with a focus on corneal and ocular surface diseases, and at National Center for Image-Guided Therapy, Brain Tumor Consortium, and BCH Neuroimaging Center on radiological cancer detection at Harvard BWH/ BCH hospitals. Dr. Ziaei's seminal work has been recognized several times. He has published and presented numerous articles in highly ranked peer-reviewed journals and conferences worldwide. Dr. Ziaei has been a scientific member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARV), American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), International Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (ISBMT), Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society (TFOS), and Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS). He serves as an executive editor, editorial board member, and scientific reviewer of reputed journals and scientific societies, including Nature International Journal of Science, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Abdominal Radiology, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS), American Journal of Ophthalmology (AJO), Journal of Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, and Journal of Cell Biology.

Michele Lanza is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Università della Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli, Italy. His fields of interest are anterior segment disease, keratoconus, glaucoma, corneal dystrophies, and cataracts. His research topics include intraocular lens power calculation, eye modification induced by refractive surgery, glaucoma progression, and validation of new diagnostic devices in ophthalmology. He has published more than

100 papers in international and Italian scientific journals, more than 60 in journals with impact factors, and chapters in international and Italian books. He has also edited two international books and authored more than 150 communications or posters for the most important international and Italian ophthalmology conferences.

Contents

Acute Hydrops and Its Management

Femto Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery

Keratoconus Treatment Toolbox: An Update

*and Dominique Monnet*

of Keratoconus Patients *by Ersin Muhafiz*

and Optical Simulation *by Rung-Sheng Chen*

*and Puwat Charukamnoetkanok*

*by Praveen Subudhi, Sweta Patro and Nageswar Rao Subudhi*

*by Clemence Bonnet, Saba Al-Hashimi, Antoine P. Brézin* 

*by Vatookarn Roongpoovapatr, Mohamed Abou Shousha* 

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 17**

**Chapter 3 37**

**Chapter 4 63**

**Chapter 5 81**

Advances in Non-surgical Treatment Methods in Vision Rehabilitation

Geometric Analysis of Ophthalmic Lens by Backward Method
