Abstract
Presentation Description :
Eye models are most often built on macroscopic scales to describe how surface geometry and the internal distances affect the way light travels towards the retina. More recently, these analyses were extended through mechanical models that allow studying how forces exerted on the ocular structures induce shape changes that dynamically alter the refraction. Other researchers have looked into descriptions at the scale of ocular tissues, cells, and molecules, and how these affect the material properties of the eye. To date, these have yet to be connected to changes on the macroscopic scale.
This work looks into ways to model how the contributions from the microscopic affects the macroscopic aspects of the eye, and how this may be used to study refractive development, aging and develop new therapies for ocular conditions.
This abstract was presented at the 2024 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Seattle, WA, May 5-9, 2024.