- Zicarelli, F., Ometto, G., Montesano, G., Motta, S., De Simone, L., Cimino, L. … Invernizzi, A. (2022). Objective quantification of posterior segment inflammation: Measuring vitreous cells and haze using optical coherence tomography. American Journal of Ophthalmology. doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2022.08.025.
- Liu, X., Kale, A.U., Ometto, G., Montesano, G., Sitch, A.J., Capewell, N. … Denniston, A.K. (2022). OCT Assisted Quantification of Vitreous Inflammation in Uveitis. Translational Vision Science & Technology, 11(1), pp. 3–3. doi:10.1167/tvst.11.1.3.
- Terheyden, J.H., Ometto, G., Montesano, G., Wintergerst, M.W.M., Langner, M., Liu, X. … Finger, R.P. (2021). Automated quantification of posterior vitreous inflammation: optical coherence tomography scan number requirements. Scientific Reports, 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-82786-0.
- Montesano, G., Garway-Heath, D.F., Ometto, G. and Crabb, D.P. (2021). Hierarchical Censored Bayesian Analysis of Visual Field Progression. Translational Vision Science & Technology, 10(12), pp. 4–4. doi:10.1167/tvst.10.12.4.
- Montesano, G., Ometto, G., Higgins, B.E., Das, R., Graham, K.W., Chakravarthy, U. … Hogg, R.E. (2021). Evidence for Structural and Functional Damage of the Inner Retina in Diabetes With No Diabetic Retinopathy. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 62(3), pp. 35–35. doi:10.1167/iovs.62.3.35.
- Allegrini, D., Montesano, G., Marconi, S., Rosso, N., Ometto, G., Raimondi, R. … Romano, M.R. (2021). A novel quantitative analysis method for idiopathic epiretinal membrane. PLOS ONE, 16(3). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0247192.
- Wintergerst, M.W.M., Liu, X., Terheyden, J.H., Pohlmann, D., Li, J.Q., Montesano, G. … Finger, R.P. (2021). Structural Endpoints and Outcome Measures in Uveitis. Ophthalmologica, 244(5), pp. 465–479. doi:10.1159/000517521.
- Montesano, G., Ometto, G., Higgins, B.E., Iester, C., Balaskas, K., Tufail, A. … Crabb, D.P. (2020). Structure–Function Analysis in Macular Drusen With Mesopic and Scotopic Microperimetry. Translational Vision Science & Technology, 9(13), pp. 43–43. doi:10.1167/tvst.9.13.43.
- Montesano, G., Ometto, G., Hogg, R.E., Rossetti, L.M., Garway-Heath, D.F. and Crabb, D.P. (2020). Revisiting the Drasdo Model: Implications for Structure-Function Analysis of the Macular Region. Translational Vision Science & Technology, 9(10), pp. 15–15. doi:10.1167/tvst.9.10.15.
- Ometto, G., Montesano, G., Sadeghi Afgeh, S., Lazaridis, G., Liu, X., Keane, P.A. … Denniston, A.K. (2020). Merging Information From Infrared and Autofluorescence Fundus Images for Monitoring of Chorioretinal Atrophic Lesions. Translational Vision Science & Technology, 9(9), pp. 38–38. doi:10.1167/tvst.9.9.38.
- Heikka, T., Ometto, G., Montesano, G., Rowe, S., Jansonius, N.M. and Crabb, D.P. (2020). Testing a phantom eye under various signal-to-noise ratio conditions using eleven different OCT devices. Biomedical Optics Express, 11(3), pp. 1306–1306. doi:10.1364/boe.383103.
- Coric, D., Ometto, G., Montesano, G., Keane, P.A., Balk, L.J., Uitdehaag, B.M.J. … Denniston, A.K. (2020). Objective quantification of vitreous haze on optical coherence tomography scans: no evidence for relationship between uveitis and inflammation in multiple sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology, 27(1), pp. 144–144. doi:10.1111/ene.14048.
- Ometto, G., Moghul, I., Montesano, G., Hunter, A., Pontikos, N., Jones, P.R. … Crabb, D.P. (2019). ReLayer: a Free, Online Tool for Extracting Retinal Thickness From Cross-Platform OCT Images. Translational Vision Science & Technology, 8(3), pp. 25–25. doi:10.1167/tvst.8.3.25.
- Montesano, G., Way, C.M., Ometto, G., Ibrahim, H., Jones, P.R., Carmichael, R. … Denniston, A.K. (2018). Optimizing OCT acquisition parameters for assessments of vitreous haze for application in uveitis. Scientific Reports, 8(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-20092-y.
- Chudzik, P., Al-Diri, B., Caliva, F., Ometto, G. and Hunter, A. (2018). Exudates Segmentation using Fully Convolutional Neural Network and Auxiliary Codebook. 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). doi:10.1109/embc.2018.8512354.
- Jones, P.R. and Ometto, G. (2018). Degraded Reality: Using VR/AR to simulate visual impairments. 2018 IEEE Workshop on Augmented and Virtual Realities for Good (VAR4Good). doi:10.1109/var4good.2018.8576885.
- Ometto, G., Assheton, P., Calivá, F., Chudzik, P., Al-diri, B., Hunter, A. … Bek, T. (2017). Spatial distribution of early red lesions is a risk factor for development of vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy. Diabetologia, 60(12), pp. 2361–2367. doi:10.1007/s00125-017-4424-y.
- Ometto, G., Erlandsen, M., Hunter, A. and Bek, T. (2017). The role of retinopathy distribution and other lesion types for the definition of examination intervals during screening for diabetic retinopathy. Acta Ophthalmologica, 95(4), pp. 400–404. doi:10.1111/aos.13334.
Giovanni Ometto
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Giovanni Ometto
City, University of London
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United Kingdom
About
Overview
Giovanni was awarded a BSc in Bio-Engineering (2008) and MSc in Biomedical Engineering (2012) from the University of Padova (IT). In 2013 he worked in a company, developing and validating new image analysis algorithms for images of the conjunctiva and eye lids. In late 2013, he began working towards his PhD which he defended in May 2017. As a Marie Curie early stage researcher, his research was based at the Aarhus University Hospital (DK) in collaboration with the University of Lincoln (UK) and focused on image processing of retinal photographs and data analysis. Giovanni joined the Crabb Lab in 2017 as a post-doctoral research fellow and is now the lab manager. His projects at City have been funded by Wellcome Trust, Fight For Sight, Diabetes UK, working in collaboration with industries such as Heidelberg Engineering and Topcon, some of the leading manufacturers of OCT acquisition devices.
Qualifications
- PhD, Aarhus University, Denmark, Oct 2013 – Dec 2016
- Biomedical Engineering BSc, MSc Eng, University of Padua, Italy
- Good Clinical Practice, National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom
Employment
- Honorary Research Fellow, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Nov 2017 – present
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, City, University of London, Feb 2017 – present
Publications
Publications by category
Chapter
- Al-Diri, B., Caliva, F., Chudzik, P., Ometto, G. and Habib, M. (2019). Diabetic retinopathy
and maculopathy lesions. Computational Retinal Image Analysis Tools, Applications and Perspectives Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-08-102816-2.
Conference papers and proceedings (14)
- Ometto, G., Montesano, G., Chakravarthy, U., Kee, F., Hogg, R.E. and Crabb, D.P. (2021). Fast 3-dimensional estimation of the Foveal Avascular Zone from OCTA. 2021 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) 17-20 May.
- Hogg, R.E., Montesano, G., Ometto, G., Higgins, B., Das, R., Chakravarthy, U. … Crabb, D. (2021). Early functional and imaging markers of retinal dysfunction prior to onset of clinically detectable diabetic retinopathy (DR).
- Pohlmann, D., Terheyden, J.H., Berger, M., Ometto, G., Montesano, G., Neuber, F. … Pleyer, U. (2020). OCT-based automated vitreous inflammation score: a promising biomarker in dexamethasone implant treated uveitis patients.
- Ometto, G., Montesano, G., D'Antona, L., Bremner, F. and Crabb, D.P. (2020). A novel, automated measurement of spontaneous vein pulsation from infrared videos of the optic disc.
- Liu, X., Kale, A., Hui, B., Montesano, G., Capewell, N., Ometto, G. … Denniston, A.K. (2019). Test-retest Variability of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and OCT Angiography in a Mobile OCT Module and level of Agreement with Conventional Table-top OCT.
- Ometto, G., Montesano, G., Terheyden, J.H. and Crabb, D.P. (2019). Quantification of two dimensional progression velocity in geographic atrophy and its relationship with autofluorescence at the borders.
- Ometto, G., Moghul, I., Montesano, G., Hunter, A., Pontikos, N., Jones, P.R. … Crabb, D.P. (2018). ReLayer: a free, online tool for measuring retinal thickness based on a new automatic method for the segmentation of layers in OCT images.
- Coric, D., Ometto, G., Montesanto, G., Denniston, A., Keane, P., Balk, L. … Petzold, A. (2018). Vitreous haze as a novel marker for neurodegeneration in MS possibly indicating impairment of the retinal glymphatic system.
- Coric, D., Ometto, G., Montesanto, G., Denniston, A., Keane, P., Balk, L. … Crabb, D. (2018). Has the prevalence of uveitis in patients with multiple sclerosis been overestimated?
- Caliva, F., Hunter, A., Chudzik, P., Ometto, G., Antiga, L. and Al-Diri, B. (2017). A fluid-dynamic based approach to reconnect the retinal vessels in fundus photography. 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) 11-15 July.
- Chudzik, P., Al-Diri, B., Caliva, F., Ometto, G. and Hunter, A. (2017). Learning deep similarity in fundus photography. SPIE Medical Imaging.
- Ometto, G., Erlandsen, M., Hunter, A. and Bek, T. (2016). The frequency of hemorrhages and microaneurysms in diabetic retinopathy is higher in the upper than the lower hemiretina.
- Ometto, G., Calivá, F., Al-Diri, B., Bek, T. and Hunter, A. (2016). Automated detection of retinal landmarks for the identification of clinically relevant regions in fundus photography. SPIE Medical Imaging.
- Ometto, G., Bek, T., Al-Diri, B. and Hunter, A. (2015). An algorithm combining two lesion -detection methods of retinal microaneurysms for the reduction of human workload.