Overview
The Kuo and McNabb laboratories are focused on developing new ocular diagnostic imaging technologies with potential for future clinical use.
Our past projects have included methods to improve the accuracy of optical coherence tomography (OCT) representations of the eye using software algorithms and hardware (“Whole Eye” OCT scanners). This is important for creating accurate structural models of the eye, and we have used these to study how the morphometry of the back of the eye changes with myopia (near-sightedness). Our current projects can be found in the Research Projects tab and include robotically assisted eye imaging and new types of surgical microscopes.
Our work is done in collaboration with others at the Duke Eye Center, Duke Emergency Medicine, Duke Primary Care, Duke Biomedical Engineering, and the University of Michigan Robotics. We receive research support from federal and foundation funding for our work.
Research Projects
Our current active projects include:
Robotically Assisted Eye Imaging
This project uses robots with sensor packages to semi- or automatically identify a face and eye and obtain diagnostic images of the eye. These diagnostic images include OCT and photography which are already used clinically. The idea is to use these systems to help with eye diagnostics in areas that may not have eye specialists readily available. We are also using parts of the tracking technology to improve use of handheld imaging devices. This project is being done in collaboration with Duke Emergency Medicine, Duke Primary Care, and University of Michigan Robotics.
Next Generation Surgical Microscope
This project will incorporate modern digital microscopy techniques, OCT, and robotics to create a surgical microscope that is responsive to a surgeon’s visualization needs. While the target application is ophthalmic surgery, we anticipate that this type of system could be useful for microsurgery in other fields. This project is being done in collaboration with Duke Biomedical Engineering and University of Michigan Robotics.
Lab Members
Collaborators
Duke Eye Center: Cynthia Toth, Lejla Vajzovic
Duke Emergency Medicine: Alex Limkakeng
Duke Primary Care: Ranee Chatterjee Montgomery, Mony Mehrotra
Duke Biomedical Engineering: Roarke Horstmeyer
Mayo Clinic: Yutao Liu
University of Michigan Robotics: Mark Draelos
Publications
Positions Available
Post-docs, graduate students, medical students, and undergrads interested in our laboratory can contact us at anthony.kuo@duke.edu or ryan.mcnabb@duke.edu.