Research Papers
Lions Outback Vision conducts practical and translational research that helps our clinicians improve the eye health of rural, remote and Indigenous West Australians.
When Lions Outback Vision encounter a challenge in the field, we use evidence-based research to help identify solutions and inform policy.
Artificial Intelligence
- Effectiveness of artificial intelligence- based diabetic retinopathy screening in primary care and endocrinology settings in Australia: a pragmatic trial
 - Chia MA and Turner AW 2022 Benefits of Integrating Telemedicine and Artificial Intelligence Into Outreach Eye Care_Stepwise Approach and Future Directions
 - Validation of a deep learning system for the detection of diabetic retinopathy in Indigineous Australians
 - Screening for Glaucomatus Visual Fields Defects in Rural Australia with an Ipad.
 
Telemedicine
- Clinical Exper Ophthalmology 2022 Kiburg Telemedicine and Delivery of Ophthalmic Care in Rural and Remote Communities
 - Optometric use of a teleophthalmology service in rural Western Australia: comparison of two prospective audits
 - 2017 Clinical and Experimental Optometry
 - Real Time Teleopthalmology Versus Face to Face Consultation a Systematic Review
 - Increasing the impact of Teleopthalmology in Australia Analysis of Structural and Economic Drivers in a State Service
 - Optometric Use of Teleophthalmology Service in Rural WA Comparison of Tow Prospective Audits
 - Increasing the Impact of Telehealth for Eye Care in Rural and Remote Western Australia
 
Remote Eye Services
- Eye care service mapping
 - Follow Up Rate for Patients Needing Regular Intravitral Therapy
 - Evaluating the Impact of the Lions Outback Vision Mobile Ophthalmology Service
 - Coordination of Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in the Kimberley Region of WA
 - Funding models for outreach ophthalmology services
 - Coordination of outreach eye services in remote Australia
 - Review of cataract surgery in rural north Western Australia with the Lions Outback Vision
 
Indigenous Eye Health
- Understanding Indigenous patient attendance: A qualitative study
 - Gender and ethnic differences in pterygium prevalence: an audit of remote Australian clinics
 - Evaluating the impact of optical coherence tomography in diabetic retinopathy screening for an Aboriginal population
 - Ocular biometry in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients undergoing cataract surgery
 - Eye health service access and utilization in the National Indigenous Eye Health Survey
 
Ophthalmology Case Studies
- Eye Injury Epidemiology in Australia: A 25- Year Systematic Review and Public Health Perspective
 - Comparison of three modalities of teleophthalmology delivery in regional Western Australia during the COVID-19 lock-down
 - Real-world evaluation of RetCAD deep-learning system for the detection of referable diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration
 - Clinical Exper Ophthalmology - 2024 - Lee - Endophthalmitis following intravitreal injections administered by junior
 - Deep learning to detect optical coherence tomography-derived diabetic macular edema from retinal photographs: a multicenter validation study
 - Partial optic nerve avulsion: A diagnostic challenge
 - Identifying and assessing strategies for evaluating the impact of mobile eye health units on health outcomes
 - Pyogenic Granuloma of the Conjunctiva
 - Rural pre-operative cataract assessment on the Lions Outback Vision Van
 - Eye health service access and utilization in the National Indigenous Eye Health Survey
 - Funding models for outreach ophthalmology services
 
