Achim Langenbucher

Director, Professor and Head, Institute for Experimental Ophthalmology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

What industry trends are catching your attention right now?

Femtosecond lasers, so many applications! But many new fields of application have still not been investigated…

Make a bold prediction for the future of ophthalmology.

Disease screening will be advanced by various measurement devices and AI applications.

How do you think AI and machine learning will impact ophthalmology?

It will have a great impact on retina and cornea screening procedures, e.g., keratoconus detection, and also on IOL power calculations.