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Cynthia Ann Toth

Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery
Duke Eye Center, DUMC 3802, Durham, NC 27710
Duke Eye Center, Hudson Bldg., 2351 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705

Scholarly Works - Conferences


Real-time 3D reconstruction and display of synchronized Fourier lightfield video for novel microsurgical applications

Conference Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE · March 6, 2026 Quantitative 3D imaging can supplement qualitative stereoscopic depth cues in microsurgical settings. Real-time feedback of quantitative 3D information is also important for applications in robotic surgery. Extending previous work on FiLMScope, we introduc ... Full text Cite

Impact of systemic neonatal factors on the developing fovea in early preterm infants

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 2025 Link to item Cite

Pilot development of ophthalmic surgical multi-camera array microscope

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 2025 Link to item Cite

Automated Fovea! Morphology Analysis in Preterm Infants

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 2024 Link to item Cite

Repeatability of Choroidal Imaging Metrics in Handheld versus Tabletop OCT images in Adults

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 2023 Link to item Cite

400 kHz Handheld OCTA System for Bedside Imaging of Infant

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 2022 Link to item Cite

Associations between oxygen supplementation and choroid thickness in preterm infants

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 2022 Link to item Cite

Longitudinal Choroidal Development in Preterm Infants

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 2022 Link to item Cite

Quantitative Assessment of Optic Disc Development in Preterm Infants

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 2022 Link to item Cite

BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS OF VITREOMACULAR TRACTION PROGRESSING TO FULL-THICKNESS MACULAR OR LAMELLAR HOLES IN THE PHASE III TRIALS OF ENZYMATIC VITREOLYSIS.

Conference Retina · August 2020 PURPOSE: To identify characteristics associated with progression from vitreomacular traction (VMT) to a full-thickness macular hole (FTMH) or lamellar hole (LH). METHODS: Post-hoc analysis of the Phase III clinical trial comparing ocriplasmin with placebo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Microscope-Integrated OCT-Based Topography Maps for Corneal Astigmatism Assessment

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 2020 Link to item Cite

Measuring Volume of Subretinal Injections with Commercial Intraoperative OCT

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 2020 Link to item Cite

Differentiating Retinal Detachment and Retinoschisis Using Handheld Optical Coherence Tomography in Stage 4 Retinopathy of Prematurity.

Conference JAMA Ophthalmol · January 1, 2020 IMPORTANCE: Progression of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) to stage 4 may require surgical intervention. The partial retinal detachment of stage 4 ROP may involve the fovea (stage 4B ROP) or may not (stage 4A ROP). This determination has heretofore been b ... Full text Link to item Cite

Achievements and need for technologies to advance image-guided retinal surgery and the care of retinal diseases in children

Conference Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE · January 1, 2020 Through biomedical engineering partnerships, our group has been able to develop and translate optical coherence tomography (OCT), an imaging tool conventionally used in the "eye imaging suite", for bedside use in unstable infants or for intraoperative guid ... Full text Cite

Four-Dimensional Microscope-Integrated Optical Coherence Tomography Guidance in a Model Eye Subretinal Surgery.

Conference Retina · October 2019 PURPOSE:: Subretinal delivery of stem cells and gene therapy vectors hold great promise in clinical care. Delivery techniques are evolving. We investigate the utility of 4-dimensional (volumes over time) microscope-integrated optical coherence tomography ( ... Full text Link to item Cite

Monocyte-related biomarkers of intermediate age-related macular degeneration

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · July 1, 2019 Link to item Cite

Handheld OCT Angiography Probe for Imaging of Infants in the Clinic or Nursery

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · July 1, 2019 Link to item Cite

Capturing macular neurovascular development in infants with retinopathy of prematurity

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · July 1, 2019 Link to item Cite

Macular Morphology and Visual Acuity in Year Five of the Comparison of Age-related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials.

Conference Ophthalmology · February 2019 PURPOSE: To evaluate associations of morphologic features with 5-year visual acuity (VA) in the Comparison of Age-related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials (CATT). DESIGN: Cohort study within a randomized clinical trial. PARTICIPANTS: Participants in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use of 3D printing technology in fabricating intraoperative OCT compatible ophthalmic tools

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · July 1, 2018 Link to item Cite

Hand held OCT probe optimized for supine optical coherence tomography angiography

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · July 1, 2018 Link to item Cite

Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography findings in Coats' disease

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · July 1, 2018 Link to item Cite

Integrating optical imaging of mummy mask cartonnage

Conference Is and T Archiving Conference Archiving 2018 · January 1, 2018 This rapid development and testing project captured data from multiple digital imaging techniques to try to see texts in papyrus mâché mummy mask cartonnage layers. Prior studies by other scholars destroyed the masks to access the papyri, denying future re ... Cite

Teleoperating robots from arbitrary viewpoints in surgical contexts

Conference IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems · December 13, 2017 Intraoperative 3D imaging has great potential for enhancing surgical visualization. This is especially so in ophthalmic surgery where live volumetric imaging from optical coherence tomography systems recently incorporated into surgical microscopes has free ... Full text Cite

Optical Coherence Tomography Predictors of Risk for Progression to Non-Neovascular Atrophic Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Conference Ophthalmology · December 2017 PurposeAppearance of geographic atrophy (GA) on color photography (CP) is preceded by specific features on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT). We aimed to build SD OCT-based risk assessment models for 5-year new onset of GA and ... Full text Cite

Subclinical retinal manifestations in infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 1, 2017 Link to item Cite

Intraoperative microscope integrated optical coherence tomography angiography

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 1, 2017 Link to item Cite

Microscope-integrated OCT at 800 kHz line rate for high speed 4D imaging of ophthalmic surgery

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 1, 2017 Link to item Cite

Baseline Predictors of Five-Year Visual Acuity in the Comparison of AMD Treatment Trials (CATT)

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 1, 2017 Link to item Cite

Topographic findings of the optic disc in familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR)

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · September 1, 2016 Link to item Cite

Novel real-time volumetric tool segmentation algorithm for intraoperative microscope integrated OCT (Conference Presentation)

Conference Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XX · April 26, 2016 Full text Cite

4D microscope-integrated OCT improves accuracy of ophthalmic surgical maneuvers

Conference Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE · January 1, 2016 Ophthalmic surgeons manipulate micron-scale tissues using stereopsis through an operating microscope and instrument shadowing for depth perception. While ophthalmic microsurgery has benefitted from rapid advances in instrumentation and techniques, the basi ... Full text Cite

25 years of OCT: A revolution in ophthalmic care

Conference Optics Infobase Conference Papers · January 1, 2016 Full text Cite

Relationship of Central Choroidal Thickness with Age-Related Macular Degeneration Status

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 1, 2015 Link to item Cite

Long Working Distance Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography for Pediatric Imaging

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 1, 2015 Link to item Cite

Comparing retinal sensitivity and SDOCT volumes in the AMD Phenotype and Genotype study

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 1, 2015 Link to item Cite

Retinal Photoreceptor Development and Maturation in Preterm and Term Infants

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 1, 2013 Link to item Cite

Handheld Combined SLO/OCT System

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 1, 2013 Link to item Cite

Outer Retinal Tubulations in the Comparison of AMD Treatments Trials (CATT)

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 1, 2013 Link to item Cite

New onset macular edema after laser photocoagulation for retinopathy of prematurity

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 1, 2013 Link to item Cite

A Comparison of Macular Morphology of Pediatric Versus Adult Eyes with Epiretinal Membranes

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 1, 2013 Link to item Cite

Automated Segmentation of Seven Retinal Layers in SDOCT Congruent With Expert Manual Segmentation

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · April 1, 2010 Link to item Cite

Baseline SDOCT Characteristics of AREDS2 Ancillary Study Eyes

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · April 1, 2010 Link to item Cite

Efficient Restoration and Enhancement of Super-resolved X-ray Images

Conference 2008 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING, PROCEEDINGS · January 1, 2008 Link to item Cite

Novel non-contact optical pachymeter

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · January 1, 2005 Link to item Cite

Intensity controllable hand-held surgical light

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · January 1, 2005 Link to item Cite

OCT reading center inter- and intra-grader agreement for diabetic macular edema

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · January 1, 2005 Link to item Cite

Ergonomic testing of surgical instrument handles: Performance driven design

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · April 1, 2004 Link to item Cite

Radial optic neurotomy in the porcine eye without retinal vein occlusion

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · May 1, 2003 Link to item Cite

Real-time OCT imaging of the retina

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · May 1, 2002 Link to item Cite

Histopathology of sub-50 femtosecond near-infrared pulsed laser retinal lesions.

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · March 15, 2001 Link to item Cite

Age-related changes in vitreous kinematics as measured by video B-scan ultrasound.

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · March 15, 2000 Link to item Cite

Development of a vitreous capillary rheometer.

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · March 15, 2000 Link to item Cite

Imaging of vitreous mechanical properties

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · March 15, 1999 Link to item Cite

Ultrashort laser pulses can produce selective retinal pigment epithelial

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · March 15, 1999 Link to item Cite

Retinal damage mechanisms for ultrashort laser exposure

Conference ILSC'99: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LASER SAFETY CONFERENCE · January 1, 1999 Link to item Cite

Adaptation to torsion after macular translocation surgery

Conference TRANSACTIONS OF THE IX INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPTIC CONGRESS · January 1, 1999 Link to item Cite

Examination of pico- and femtosecond laser retinal lesions by electron microscopy.

Conference JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE · January 1, 1998 Link to item Cite

Matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in vitreous in age-related macular degeneration and proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Conference Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science · December 1, 1997 Purpose. Matrix metalloprotetnases (MMP) and their inhibitors are involved in extracelular matrix turnover and have been proposed to be involved in the pathogenesis of retinal disease such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Little is known about th ... Cite

Retinal histopathology of suprathreshold ultrashort laser pulses

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · March 15, 1997 Link to item Cite

A damage mechanism for pico and femtosecond visible laser retinal lesions

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · March 15, 1997 Link to item Cite

Recombinant hirudin prophylaxis of experimental postoperative intraocular fibrin formation

Conference Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science · February 15, 1996 Purpose: Postoperative fibrin formation is common after vitreous surgery for the complications of proliferative diabetic retinopathy and proliferative vitreoretinopathy. We tested the efficacy of a directly acting antithrombin agent, recombinant desulphato ... Cite

Histopathology of ultrashort pulse laser retinal lesions

Conference Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science · February 15, 1996 Purpose: We wish to identify the pathologic effects of visible ultrashort laser pulses directed to the retina to assist in developing safety standards for such lasers. Methods: Picosecond and femtosecond laser energy was delivered to the retina of the Dutc ... Cite

Recombinant hirudin prophylaxis of experimental postoperative intraocular fibrin formation

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · February 15, 1996 Link to item Cite

Safety and toxicity of intraocular recombinant hirudin

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · February 15, 1996 Link to item Cite

Histopathology of ultrashort pulse laser retinal lesions

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · February 15, 1996 Link to item Cite

PROGRESSION OF DIABETIC-RETINOPATHY IN A CAT

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · March 15, 1995 Link to item Cite

Experiences with a fully digital image acquisition system

Conference 1995 ACSM/ASPRS ANNUAL CONVENTION & EXPOSITION TECHNICAL PAPERS, VOL 2: ASPRS · January 1, 1995 Link to item Cite

Minimum visible retinal lesions from pico-and femtosecond laser pulses

Conference Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering · August 17, 1994 Threshold measurements for Minimum Visible Lesions (MVL) at the retina are reported for femtosecond (fs) and picosecond (ps) laser pulses in Rhesus monkey' eyes using visible wavelengths. The 50% probability for damage (ED50) dosages are calculated for 1 h ... Full text Cite

Femtosecond laser threshold: Retinal damage versus induced breakdown mechanisms

Conference Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering · August 17, 1994 Threshold measurements at 90 femtoseconds (fs) and 600 fs have been made for minimum visible lesions (MVLs) using Dutch Belted rabbit and Rhesus monkey eyes.' Laser induced breakdown (LIB) thresholds on biological materials including vitreous, normal salin ... Full text Cite

Retinal hemorrhagic lesions from femtosecond visible laser pulses

Conference Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering · August 17, 1994 We present our clinical evaluation of hemorrhagic and non-hemorrhagic 90 fs single pulses in rabbits and ri1 The rabbit and primate eye present unique in vivo models for evaluation Of retinal and choroidal laser induced hemorrhages with distinct difference ... Full text Cite

Gradient index (GRIN) lens multimode fiber probe for laser induced breakdown in the eye

Conference Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering · June 23, 1994 A model laser surgical probe was designed and built to employ laser induced breakdown (LIB) in cutting fibrovascular membranes within the vitreous cavity of the eye. Current surgical techniques for removing such membranes from eyes with severe proliferativ ... Full text Cite

GRADIENT-INDEX (GRIN) OPTICS FOR OPHTHALMIC LASER-SURGERY

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · March 15, 1994 Link to item Cite

RETINAL EFFECTS OF ULTRASHORT LASER-PULSES IN RHESUS-MONKEYS

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · March 15, 1994 Link to item Cite

EVOLUTION OF THE KNOPS BLOOD-GROUP POLYMORPHISM

Conference TRANSFUSION · September 1993 Link to item Cite

RETINAL EFFECTS OF ULTRASHORT LASER-PULSES

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · March 15, 1993 Link to item Cite

Shielding effectiveness of femtosecond laser-induced plasmas in ultrapure water

Conference Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering · January 1, 1993 The ability of laser-induced plasmas to shield biological tissue from intense exposure to laser pulse energy has been in question for years. Current ocular surgical techniques rely on cone angles of incident pulses to protect delicate tissue anterior and p ... Full text Cite

LIGHT AND ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC LOCALIZATION OF BASIC FGF IN SUBRETINAL AND EPIRETINAL MEMBRANES

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · March 15, 1991 Link to item Cite

FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY OF EXPERIMENTAL SUBRETINAL HEMORRHAGE

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · March 15, 1991 Link to item Cite

Receptor-mediated endocytosis by human Kupffer cells

Conference Biochemical Society Transactions · December 1, 1988 Full text Cite

THE EFFECTS OF HUMAN INTERFERONS ON THE GROWTH OF HUMAN-COLON TUMOR-CELLS AND CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN PRODUCTION

Conference PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH · March 1988 Link to item Cite