Sentences with phrase «back of one's eye»

One of the richest sources of vitamin A in the entire animal body is that of the tissues back of the eyes including the retina of the eye

«We set out to show that we could image both the front and back of the eye without changing instruments.

Abnormal, increased electrical impulses in the brain which may cause jerking movements, rolling back of the eyes, sucking motions and stiffening of the arms and legs.

Stargardt's generally refers to a group of inherited diseases causing light - sensitive cells in the inner back of the eye (retina) to deteriorate, particularly in the area of the macula where fine focusing occurs.

The report describes how Google's AI analyzes noninvasive retinal fundus scans — scans of the back of the eye — to deduce the individual's age, sex, blood pressure, and whether they're a smoker.

And that's where the next clever step comes in - to scan the retina without the use of a huge machine, the app uses a simple 3D - printed lens that concentrates light from the smartphone camera flash on the back of the eye.

Typically, a diagnosis of DR involves a fancy retinal imaging machine that takes photos of the back of the eye.

Second Sight, a start - up in Sylmar, California, is working on a retinal implant that takes the image from a tiny camera and relays it to the back of the eye.

Nor can it see much beyond frame - edge, or back of your eyes.

When we study the retina at the back of the eye, we can see that the cell layers are backwards.

I got the eye balls to stay by using a bit of the leftover meringue mixture on the backs of the eyes to help them stay in place.

Chelsea come into the game on the back of eye - catching wins over Hull and Leicester in their shiny new 343 formation.

Did you know that the retina at the back of your eye contains over 120 million rods and 8 million cones??

While the effects of UV light are well - known (sunburn, skin cancer), UV light does not sufficiently reach the back of the eye or retina as it is blocked by the cornea and lens.

Just add a dab of glue to the back of the eyes and press them to the face of the cricket.

Also, children's eyes are more susceptible to sun damage because they have larger pupils and clearer lenses, allowing more UV to penetrate and reach the back of the eyes.

This headward fluid shift may be responsible for vision changes, flattening of the eyeball and swelling of some tissues in the back of the eye and engorgement of the optic nerve sheath seen in approximately one out of three International Space Station astronauts.

That light goes through the transparent liquid behind the lens and strikes the retina, a thin film of light - sensitive nerve cells that line the back of the eye.

A reflective surface on the back of each eye focuses light onto two retinas to form an image.

A patch of cells implanted at the back of the eye has stabilised and in some cases improved the vision of four people with dry age - related macular degeneration

The researchers used this clue to solve another issue in NIV: Scar tissue grows inside the eye, causing the retina to detach from the back of the eye.

This thin layer of tissue at the back of the eye detects light and then converts it into nerve impulses that travel to the brain's vision centers to form images.

As we rotate our heads and as the world around us moves, two ocular reflexes kick in to offset this movement and stabilize images projected onto our retinas, the light - sensitive tissue at the back of our eyes.

Retinopathy of prematurity is caused by abnormal blood vessel growth near the retina, the light - sensitive portion in the back of an eye.

To test the safety and effectiveness of microdosing, the researchers delivered a common drug ophthalmologists use to dilate the pupil and examine the back of the eye.

The retina is a layer of tissue in the back of the eye that converts light into nerve impulses.

Among the disorders that Balasubramanian has targeted is retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited diseases that cause degeneration of the retina (in the back of the eye where millions of photoreceptors capture light rays that the brain turns into images).

Age - related macular degeneration (AMD) is caused by damage to the macula — part of the retina at the back of the eye — and is thought to be linked to alterations in the gene resonsible for CFH, a protein involved in the body's immune response.

A patch implanted at the back of the eye has improved or stabilised sight in four people with severe age - related macular degeneration.

An advanced stage, called proliferative diabetic retinopathy, occurs when abnormal blood vessels grow near the retina, the light - sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.

LCA is a rare inherited eye disease that destroys vision by killing photoreceptors — light - sensitive cells in the retina at the back of the eye.

«For example, patients with Alzheimer's get protein deposits in the brain, and we can see similar deposits in the backs of the eyes of patients who have macular degeneration,» said Friedlander.

The intricate layers of neurons at the backs of their eyes gradually degrade and lose the ability to snatch photons and translate them into electric signals that are sent to the brain.

In order to understand perception, we need to first get rid of the notion that the image at the back of the eye simply gets «relayed» back to the brain to be displayed on a screen.

The photoreceptors in the retina, at the back of the eyes, are the primary light sensitive cells that allow us to see: they convert light into electrical signals.

Now another team has given sight to blind rabbits by stimulating the back of their eyes with an electric probe, showing that a retinal implant — a light - sensitive «vision chip» — could work.

ROP is a condition that causes abnormal blood vessels to grow in the retina (back of the eye) and can cause retinal detachment, which is a major cause of childhood blindness globally.

The cornea is the surface of the eye; it helps focus rays of light on the retina at the back of the eye, and though it appears to be uniform and smooth, it can be misshapen and pockmarked with dents, dimples, and other imperfections that can affect a person's sight.

It involves the brain's interpretation — derived from an image on the retina located at the back of the eye — to pass judgment on what is happening out there in the world.

Using various microscopic imaging approaches, the scientists found that the unique spatial vision in the scallop is achieved through the mirror's layered structure located at the back of each eye, which is tiled with a mosaic of square - shaped crystals arranged and fine - tuned to reflect wavelengths of light that penetrate its habitat.

Background When you perceive an object visually, an image of that object is projected onto the back of your eye (specifically, the retina).

Intrigued by the idea that, if the RP mechanism is correct, a delicate quantum state can survive a busy place like the back of an eye, Erik Gauger of the University of Oxford and colleagues set out to find out how long the electrons remain entangled.

The study also measures dental health and the condition of the tiny blood vessels at the back of the eyes, which are a proxy for the brain's blood vessels.

Fractal implants, which act much like a pixel array at the back of a camera, can efficiently utilize more pixels within the confined space at the back of the eye, providing electrically - restored vision at a higher resolution, Watterson said.

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers have teamed up with clinicians to create a new drug - delivery strategy for a type of central vision loss caused by blood vessel growth at the back of the eye, where such growth should not occur.

The macula is a few square centimeters of tissue in the center of the retina at the back of the eye.

Glaucoma involves the slow destruction of the optic nerve at the back of the eye, with early loss mainly occurring in peripheral vision.

Each such neuron or detector receives signals from its receptive field: a patch of retina (the light - sensing layer of tissue at the back of the eyes).

Nathans is a neuroscientist who studies how cells in the retina — the light - absorbing structure at the back of the eye, which is considered part of the brain — assume their correct identities, and how those cells respond to injury and disease.