Ruth Cassidy

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Ruth Cassidy

• Ophthalmic
• Related
• Disease

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Conann Fitzpatrick
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Which Ophthalmic related disease

• Cataracts
• Glaucoma
• Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD)
• Diabetic Retinopathy

Clouding of the lens
Slowly destroys the optic nerve
Delicate cells of the macula become damaged and
stop working
Caused by changes in the blood vessels of the
retina.
Which Ophthalmic related disease?
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Understanding Cataracts

• What is a Cataract?
• A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the
  eye. This prevents light from passing through the
  lens and reaching the back of the eye,
  interfering with vision.
• Most cataracts are related to aging. Cataracts
  are very common in older people. By age 80, more
  than half either have a cataract or had cataract
  surgery.
• A Cataract can occur in either or both eyes.
  It cannot spread from one eye to the other.

• What are the symptoms of a cataract?
• The most common symptoms of a cataract are
• Cloudy or blurry vision.
• Colours seem faded.
• Glare. Headlights, lamps, or sunlight may
  appear too bright. A halo may appear around
  lights.
• Poor night vision.
• Double vision or multiple images in one eye.

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Understanding Cataracts

• What causes cataracts? How does it affect
  vision?
• The lens of the eye is primarily made up of water
  and protein. In order for the lens to be clear
  for light to pass through, protein must be
  arranged in a precise manner.
• As we age, the protein however clumps together
  and starts to cloud a small area of the lens.
  This is a cataract. Over time, the cataract may
  grow larger and cloud more of the lens, reducing
  the light that reaches the retina. As the cloud
  grows larger, vision becomes blurrier.

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Gantt Chart / timeline
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Research findings at present

• Websites on Eye Disease
• National Eye Institute - http//www.nei.nih.gov/he
  alth
• StLukesEye.com - http//www.stlukeseye.com
• Sight Savers - http//www.sightsavers.org
• All About Vision - http//www.allaboutvision.com/c
  onditions
• Eye Care Source - http//www.eyecaresource.com
• The Eye Digest - http//www.agingeye.net
• RNIB Supporting blind and partially sighted
  people - http//www.enib.org.uk
• Websites on Cataracts
• Also gathered information from the above websites
• BUPA - http//hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/cat
  aracts.html (good 3d animation)
• NHS Health encyclopaedia - http//www.nhsdirect.nh
  s.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId90
• BBC Health - http//www.bbc.co.uk/health/condition
  s/cataracts1.shtml
• Books
• An Atlas of diseases of the eye -
  Perkins, E. S. (Edward Sylvester) - 1986

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Aims and Objectives

• Throughout this assignment, the authors aims and
  objectives are to -

• Gain information on a number of ophthalmic
  related diseases

• Have a vast amount of research on chosen eye
  condition

• Keep a reflective diary for design process

• Evidence of progression of final design through
  use of storyboards

• Moodboards displaying relevant information and
  images on topic

• Have a working prototype, created with 3D
  Studio MAX in either AVI, Quick Time etc.

• Have a report contain findings, designs,
  conclusions and so on.

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Plan for project

• How the animation will work
• At the very beginning of the animation, the
  viewer will see a persons face.
• Once at the back of the eye, the viewer will be
  able to see through the eye of the person, seeing
  an image in front of them
• The animation begins to move again, this time
  moving into the lens of the eye, where protein
  crystals are forming together on the strands of
  the lens, forming clumps.
• The animation now moves back to the original
  place at the back of the eye.
• But this time the viewer will find it hard to see
  the image being displayed, due to the blurred
  vision and dark clumps at the centre of the eye
  THE AFFECTS OF CATARACTS.

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Mood Boards
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Mood Boards
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Storyboarding
Original storyboard design.
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Storyboarding
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Conclusion

• Having research four ophthalmic related diseases,
  the author has decided to concentrate on the
  ophthalmic related disease - Cataracts. The
  reason for this decision is not merely based on
  the fact the author finds this choice of eye
  disease interesting, they feel that the final
  outcome of a 3d animation, depicting how the
  disease affects the eye will be fascinating to
  see.
• Explaining the disease would be very interesting.
  The animation which the author will complete
  will be created to meet certain criterias, such
  as-
• displaying the structure of the eye to the
  viewer,
• showing how the disease affects the eye
• how it starts.

• End result
• A working animation displaying how Cataracts
  affects the eye