Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)
Position: Associate Professor
Phone: +43 1 2830
E-Mail: leopold.schmetterer@meduniwien.ac.at
Research Area
Blood Circulation, Ophthalmology, Tomography, Optical Coherence
Principle Investigator(s)
Abstract
We are interested in retinal and corneal imaging in both animals and humans. In the retina our work is focussed towards visualization and measurement of the retinal, optic nerve head and choroidal perfusion and also on assessment of the biomechanical properties of the eye coats as well as characterizing their importance in retinal and optic nerve disease. In addition, we are interested in mechanisms of autoregulation and neuovascular coupling in the retina and their dysfunction in the diseased eye.
Techniques
OCT: animal and humans, anterior and posterior segment
Doppler OCT
OCT Elastography
ERG including multifocal ERG
Ocular reflectometry
Fundus camera: animal and humans
Dynamic vessel analyzer
Retinal oximetry
Selected publications
- Palkovits S, Lasta M, Told R, Schmidl D, Boltz A, Napora K, Werkmeister R, Popa-Cherecheanu A, Garhofer G, Schmetterer L (2014) Retinal Oxygen Metabolism During Normoxia and Hyperoxia in Healthy Subjects Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 55 (8): 4707-4713
- Werkmeister R, Alex A, Kaya S, Unterhuber A, Hofer B, Riedl J, Bronhagl M, Vietauer M, Schmidl D, Schmoll T, Garhofer G, Drexler W, Leitgeb R, Groeschl M, Schmetterer L (2013) Measurement of Tear Film Thickness Using Ultrahigh-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 54 (8): 5578-5583