New Features Added to ESCRS IOL Calculator

The ESCRS IOL Calculator is set to become even more essential to the ophthalmic community thanks to new features that have been added.

A new ‘Settings’ interface, now live in the web application, can be accessed by clicking the cog icon in the upper-right corner. The goal in adding this feature is to streamline calculation workflows by pre-filling common choices such as surgeon name, IOL models, refractive targets, incisions, and surgically-induced astigmatism. Users can also adjust how IOL constants are sourced from IOLCon, including whether optimised constants are used and the threshold number of cases used for optimisation. These preferences will be stored locally in your browser.

Another new feature is BiomAPI integration, a significant update that solves a longstanding usability issue of all web IOL calculators—tedious manual transcription. BiomAPI is an interoperability and data transport service for optical biometry data. It extracts, validates, normalises, exports, and temporarily shares structured biometry data.

The recent update also includes the following enhancements:

• added toric support for the Pearl DGS formula;
• added post-LASIK support for the Cooke K6 and Pearl DGS formulas;
• enabled post-radial keratotomy calculations using the Barrett True K, EVO, Cooke K6, and Pearl DGS formulas; and
• enhanced support for different toric IOL step sizes.

To explore these new features, click here.