The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a $225,772 Project Grant under the Vision Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.867) to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University. The grant, which runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026, will develop terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) instruments to simultaneously measure and map hydration gradients across the entire corneal surface. The research aims to evaluate the accuracy and sensitivity of THz-TDS imaging in assessing corneal hydration in experimental models, with the goal of establishing this technique as a new non-contact imaging modality for diagnosing and studying ophthalmological diseases that impact corneal hydration, such as Fuchs' dystrophy and glaucoma. The results from this project have the potential to provide a new research tool and clinical diagnostic for evaluating corneal health and viability for transplant surgeries.
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