The Oximetry Workshop is a biennial expert meeting dedicated to advancing retinal research in oxygen metabolism and ocular blood flow, while fostering scientific exchange among colleagues.
Preliminary Program
Thursday, 29th January:
10:00-10:30 Welcome by Gerhard Garhöfer and Doreen Schmidl
10:30-12:10 Session 1
Moderator: Toke Bek (Denmark)
10:30-10:55 Oxygen delivery to the retina - major gaps in understanding - Leopold Schmetterer (Austria)
10:55-11:20 Vessel diameter and blood flow velocity affect the arterial oxygen saturation measured by retinal oximetry independently - Jacob Drachmann (Denmark)
11:20-11:45 A Mathematical Model for a better Understanding of degenerative Eye Illness - Luis Niño-de-Rivera (Mexico)
11:45-12:10 Optophysiology - Intrinsic Optical Signals of Retinal Light Adaptation and Stimulation - Rene Werkmeister (Austria)
12:10-13:00 Lunch Break sponsored by Zilia
13:00-14:40 Session 2
Moderator: Martin Šín (Czech Republic)
13:00-13:25 Retinal biomarkers in Parkinson´s disease: Retinal Oximetry, optical coherence tomography (OCT), pattern electroretinography (PERG) and visual evoked potentials (VEP) - Thorunn Scheving Eliasdottir (Iceland)
13:25-13:50 Potential Use of Retinal Oximetry in the Differential Diagnosis of Choroidal Melanoma and Choroidal Nevus - Zuzana Hradcová (Czech Republic)
13:50-14:15 Longitudinal Assessment of Diabetic Microvascular Structures Using High-Resolution Adaptive Optics OCT - Andreas Pollreisz (Austria)
14:15-14:40 Retinal oximetry in patients undergoing surgical treatment for clinically significant internal carotid artery stenosis - Jan Havlík (Czech Republic)
14:40-15:10 Coffee Break sponsored by Zilia
15:10-16:15 Session 3
Moderator: Gerhard Garhöfer (Austria)
15:10-15:35 Validation and applications of ocular oximetry using the Zilia Ocular - Dominic Sauvageau (Canada)
15:35-15:50 The effect of systemic hypoxia on retinal and optic nerve head tissue oxygen saturation in healthy subjects - Ulrich Graf (Austria)
15:50-16:15 Application of pulse oximetry in retinal imaging: first experiences - Radim Kolar (Czech Republic)
16:15 Tour through the Department of Clinical Pharmacology
18:30 Social Event sponsored by Zilia
Friday, 30th January
09:00-10:40 Session 4
Moderator: Einar Stefansson (Iceland)
09:00-09:25 Correlation between cardiac output measured by echocardiography and arteriovenous difference assessed by retinal oximetry - Martin Lada (Czech Republic)
09:25-09:50 Near-arterial oxygen saturation in retinal neovascularizations secondary to retinal vein occlusion - Signe Krejberg Jeppesen (Denmark)
09:50-10:15 Correlation Between Vitreous Level of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Oxygen Saturation in Retinal Vessels in Retinal Vein Occlusion - Martin Šín (Czech Republic)
10:15-10:40 Retinal Oximetry Follow-up in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment - Thorunn Scheving Eliasdottir (Iceland)
10:40-11:10 Coffee Break sponsored by Zilia
11:10-12:40 Session 5
Moderator: Doreen Schmidl (Austria)
11:10-11:35 Challenges for bringing retinal oximetry from research to routine clinical practice - Toke Bek (Denmark)
11:35-12:40 Panel discussion about the future of oximetry (Toke Bek, Rebekka Heitmar, Leopold Schmetterer, Martin Šín, Einar Stefansson)
12:40-13:30 Lunch Break sponsored by Zilia
13:30-15:00 Session 6
Moderator: Katrin Hirsch (United Kingdom)
13:30-13:55 Automatic Retinal Oximetry in Patients with Unilateral Edema of the Optic Nerve Head - Pilot Data - Oldřich Chrapek (Czech Republic)
13:55-14:20 New Data on Oxygen Extraction, Vascular Indices and Therapy of Glaucoma – Theresa Lindner (Austria)
14:20-14:45 What can we learn from meta-analyses of dual wavelength retinal vessel oximetry data so far? – Rebekka Heitmar (United Kingdom)
14:45-15:00 Closing remarks
