Thyroid eye disease study secures Fight for Sight grant

Researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology have been awarded a grant co-funded by Fight for Sight to study Thyroid eye disease (TED), which affects around 400,000 people in the UK.

Daniel Ezra and Anjana Haridas will study whether a new tool for 3D facial imaging can help improve management of TED – which can also cause significant facial disfigurement.

Three pilot studies will test a sophisticated 3D imaging system that has been used in breast reconstruction and reconstructive craniofacial surgery. It captures 3D images of patients and uses software to analyse changes in volume, contour and shape or to simulate the change in appearance that could be achieved by having surgery.