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Feature Issue of Biomedical Optics Express and Optics Express

Improving Vision Through Intraocular Lenses

Submission Opens:1 March 2024

Submission Deadline: 31 August 2024

Biomedical Optics Express and Optics Express welcome submissions to a feature issue on "Improving Vision Through Intraocular Lenses." Since their inception over half a century ago, intraocular lenses have evolved from lenses that just restore transparency, replacing the opacities natural lens of the eye, to produce accurate refraction correction and even compensate presbyopia. With 28 million cataract surgery procedures per year worldwide, the research and development of intraocular lenses represents probably one of the most impactful applications of optics, and ancillary technologies such as optical materials, optical biometry, computer eye models, and optical bench/vision simulators.

This feature issue will focus on the latest advancements in the science and technology of intraocular lenses, encompassing conception, design, manufacturing, testing, selection optimization, and patient evaluation. The topics emphasize cutting-edge concepts, inspired from diverse optical applications, and will introduce new technologies that are set to advance the field. Anticipating future paradigms in optical intraocular corrections and selection optimization within clinical practice, this issue unites scientists, optical engineers, and ophthalmologists. Together, they provide a multidisciplinary perspective, offering clarity on technology viability and addressing clinical needs.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Novel principles in intraocular lens design, including monofocal, multifocal, extended depth of focus, phakic, and accommodating intraocular lenses
  • New intraocular lens materials
  • On bench evaluation of intraocular lenses
  • Novel methods of selection of intraocular lenses, such as estimated lens position, intraocular lens power calculations, intraocular lens selection optimization, and Artificial Intelligence
  • Pseudophakic computer eye models
  • Pre-operative and post-operative assessment optical imaging tools in intraocular lens implantation
  • Optical and visual quality in patients implanted with intraocular lenses
  • Novel concepts in intraocular lens manufacturing
  • Simulations of prospective vision with intraocular lenses, including visual simulators and vision models

All submissions need to present original, previously unpublished work and will be subject to the normal standards and peer review processes of the journal. The standard Biomedical Optics Express or Optics Express Article Processing Charges will apply to all published articles.

Authors may choose between Biomedical Optics Express and Optics Express when submitting to the joint feature issue, but should recognize the differences between them and select the appropriate journal. The guest editors may recommend transferring a manuscript to the other journal as needed. Papers will appear in their respective journals. Additionally, a combined table of contents of papers from both journals will appear once all papers are published.

Please prepare manuscripts according to the author instructions for submission to Biomedical Optics Express or Optics Express and submit through our Prism submission system, specifying from the drop-down menu that the manuscript is for the feature issue on Improving Vision through Intraocular Lenses.

Feature Editors

Susana Marcos, University of Rochester, USA (Lead Editor)
Pablo Artal, Universidad se Murcia, Spain
Damien Gatinel, Foundation Rothschild, France
Linda Lundström, Royal Institute of Technology/KTH, Sweden
Geunyoung Yoon, University of Houston, USA