Moreddu, Rosalia 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0332-1606
(2021).
Contact lens platforms for ocular health monitoring.
University of Birmingham.
Ph.D.
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Abstract
As of today, the World Health Organization (WHO) counts millions of cases of preventable blindness every year in high income countries, attributed to the lack of early-stage ophthalmic screening technologies. Contemporary methods rely on bulky and costly equipment exclusively operated by specialized clinicians, resulting in a medical approach based on reaction over prevention. A possible approach results from a literature survey on the tear fluid properties, which revealed its potential to be used as a diagnostic medium. However, existing tear sampling technologies lack practicality, and introduce a high contamination risk of tear samples.
| Type of Work: | Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.) | ||||||
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| Award Type: | Doctorates > Ph.D. | ||||||
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| Licence: | All rights reserved | ||||||
| College/Faculty: | Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Engineering & Physical Sciences | ||||||
| School or Department: | School of Chemical Engineering | ||||||
| Funders: | Other | ||||||
| Other Funders: | University of Birmingham, College of Engineering & Physical Sciences, School of Chemical Engineering | ||||||
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RE Ophthalmology T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
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| URI: | http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/11719 |
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