Congress
Fabrizio Zeri at SIF 2024 Congress
110th National Congress of the Italian Physical Society – Optometry Symposium
The COMiB group and its collaborators will participate in the Optometry Symposium of the 110th National Congress of the Italian Physical Society in Bologna (9-13 September) with the following oral communications:
- Children with dyslexia too show the practice effect on the Rate of Reading Test. Presented by Dr. Fabrizio Zeri
- Assessment of duochrome test efficacy across age groups. Presented by Giulia Carlotta Rizzo
- Choroidal thickness measurements: challenges in clinical practice. Presented by Dr. Beatrice Terni De Gregory
- Water kinetics coefficients to compare the dehydration properties of different CL polymers. Presented by prof. Anna Galli
- Irregular diffusion of water in worn Etafilcon A contact lenses. Presented by prof. Silvia Tavazzi
- Assessing the impact of lysozyme adsorption on the friction coefficient in Etafilcon A contact lenses. Presented by Dr. Erika Ponzini
- Trattamenti oftalmologici avanzati: copolimeri per il rilascio di molecole attive sulla superficie oculare. Presented by Gloria Astolfi
Unitary Congress “Vision&Digital”
The COMiB Research Center enthusiastically participated in the Unitary Congress “Vision&Digital” which was held in Milan on May 19 and 20! It was an extraordinary opportunity to share and discuss the latest innovations and research in the field of vision and digital technology.
COMIB at NCC 2024 in Eindovhen
COMIB researchers Dr. Aziza Obain and Dr. Fabrizio Zeri attended the NCC (Netherlands Contact lens Congress) in Eindhoven on 10th and 11th of March, 2024.
Dr Zeri presented the results of a prospective double-masked crossover RCT about a new multifocal contact lenses carried out in three European sites: COMIB, Milan-Italy; the Institute of Optometry, London-UK; and the Kontactlinse Istittutet, Aarhus-Denemark.
109th National Congress of the Italian Physical Society – Optometry symposium
COMiB participated in the Optometry Symposium of the 109th National Congress of the Italian Physical Society in Fusciano – Salerno (11-15 September) with the following oral communications:
Silvia Tavazzi (invited speaker)
Surface wetting and friction of Kalifilcon A, a novel silicone-hydrogel contact lens.
Fabrizio Zeri
Non Invasive break up time: automatic computerized versus manual assessment.
Erika Ponzini
Comparison of tear film stability assessment procedures by non-invasive and fluorescein tear breakup time measurement.
COMiB at BCLA 2023
COMiB research group was at BCLA Clinical Conference and Exibition 2023 with a poster and two oral presentations.
Fabrizio Zeri presented a poster titled “New non-invasive tear breakup time (NIBUT) measurements vs fluorescein breakup time (fBUT): agreement and repeatability.”
Mauro Frisani during the Free Papers – Specialist lenses section presented a work titled “Estimation of scleral lens clearance: OCT measurement vs operator-based measurement by slit lamp” and Giulia Carlotta Rizzo during the Free Papers – Myopia 2 section presented a work titled “Visual performance with an Extended Depth of Focus contact lens for myopia control and the influence of decentration” .
Fabrizio Zeri at IACLE 2023
Fabrizio Zeri with Shehzad Naroo (on the left) from Aston University (UK) and Craig Woods (on the right) from the University of New South Wales (Australia) presented a talk titled “Evidence-based teaching of contact lenses” as invited speakers at the 4th World Conference of International Association of Contact Lens Educators held in Birmingham on 5th-8th June.
COMiB at the XXI International Society of Contact Lens Research Meeting
Fabrizio Zeri presented a paper titled “Adaptation of the cortical visual areas induced by wearing multifocal contact lenses in naïve observers” at the XXI International Society of Contact Lens Research Meeting, 21st-26th August, Porto (Portugal).
108th National Congress of the Italian Physical Society – Optometry symposium
This year the Italian Physical Society organizes its 108th National Congress in Milan (12-16 September). Within the framework of Applied physics, a symposium on optometry has been organized (15 September) with the following program:
10-12.30
Chair: Barbieri M., Università di Roma Tre
Tavazzi S., Does blue-violet filtering affect contrast sensitivity?
Pitarresi Giannone C., Analisi vettoriale dell’astigmatismo: Confronto tra refrazione oggettiva aberrometrica e refrazione soggettiva.
Cozza F., Ocular involvement occurs frequently at all stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Preliminary experience in a large Italian cohort.
Grasso P.A., Viewing distance and character size in the use of smartphone in presbyopic and non-presbyopic individuals.
Rolandi R., Differences in contrast sensitivity measurement with letters and gratings.
Colandrea C., Optometria di genere: Dalla geometria retinica alla percezione tridimensionale.
Santacatterina S., Dalla psicofisica del colore alla prevenzione.
Natali L., Le lenti filtranti e la percezione dei colori.
Chair: Sassella A., Università di Milano Bicocca
Boccardo L., Teleoptometria: Stato dell’arte e prospettive future.
Erculei A., Capturing correlations in vision parameters by artificial neural networks.
Spaziani N., Accuratezza e precisione di un frontifocometro basato sul sistema di Hartmann.
15-17.30
Chair: Bussa M.P., Università di Torino
Zeri F., Brain correlates of adaptation to multifocal contact lenses.
Valentina V., Comparison of visual performance of dual focus contact lenses for myopia control vs. single vision contact lenses.
Rizzo G., Visual performance with an extended depth of focus contact lens for myopia control and corneal topography in assessing lens centration.
Miglio F., The effects of smoking on the tear film and on soft contact lenses.
Martino M., Analisi tribometrica della superficie di Lenti a Contatto.
Ponzini E., Lactoferrin as a biomarker of ocular diseases and contact lens discomfort.
Ruffato G., Photochromic contact lenses: Optical analysis and visual effects of their transition dynamics.
Chair: Gurioli M., Università di Firenze
Ruffato G., Haidinger’s brushes: Perceiving the polarization of light via an entoptic phenomenon.
Giusti S., Measurement of tear volume using Strip Meniscometry: Two procedures compared.
Ponzini E., Single-tear proteomics for noninvasive biomarker discovery and precision medicine.
Duse A., Tear-based vibrational spectroscopy for noninvasive biomarker discovery in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Frisani M., Valutazione della densitometria corneale da immagini tomografiche in occhi normali e con cheratocono.