LORC’s team of highly trained ophthalmologists and accredited graders and image analysts contributes to, and leads, a wide range of ophthalmic studies and projects. We work closely with academic and industry partners to define appropriate imaging endpoints that support each study’s objectives.

Our core services include:

• Ophthalmic image grading and analysis
• Ground-truth annotation to support the development of machine-learning algorithms
• Development and implementation of quality assurance processes
• Preparation of study and project reports

Study design and development

We work collaboratively with partners to develop study-specific imaging and grading resources tailored to their research requirements, including:

• Image acquisition protocols
• Image export guides
• Grading protocols and manuals
• Grading databases
• Grading forms

Imaging modalities

Our team is trained and experienced in grading images from a range of ophthalmic imaging modalities, including:

• Colour fundus photography
• Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
• Fundus fluorescein angiography
• Indocyanine green angiography
• Fundus autofluorescence (FAF)
• Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A)

Where required, our team completes study-specific training and accreditation to grade images acquired using different imaging systems and to assess additional investigative modalities, such as visual fields.