Karel Van Keer
Dr. Van Keer is a consultant ophthalmologist at the University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, specialized in anterior segment surgery. After his training in Leuven, he completed a cornea fellowship in Exeter, United Kingdom and a refractive surgery fellowship in Frankfurt, Germany. His clinical work is focused on diseases of the anterior segment, as well as cataract and refractive surgery. On a scientific level, dr. Van Keer is interested in refractive surgery, applications of artificial intelligence in ophthalmology and the use of the eye as a non-invasive biomarker for systemic diseases. In the latter, he obtained a PhD degree in 2018.
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Using imec's hyperspectral camera for early biomarker detection of Alzheimer's Disease
Imec’s hyperspectral snapshot camera can detect protein accumulation in the retina of Alzheimer’s patients. Watch the movie
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