Notal Vision Monitoring Center

02/12/2026

What happens when AI meets longitudinal, at-home retinal imaging?

In a recent Retina Synthesis conversation, Dr. Carmen Puliafito and Dr. Ted Leng discussed research evaluating AI analysis of daily Home OCT imaging in neovascular AMD. The study showed strong agreement between AI outputs and expert human graders and highlighted the potential value of personalized change thresholds when assessing disease activity over time.

As retinal care continues to evolve, the integration of remote imaging, physician oversight, and AI-driven analysis may help clinicians stay more closely connected to what’s happening between regularly scheduled clinic assessments, while keeping treatment decisions firmly grounded in in-office evaluation.

Watch/listen to the full discussion:

We discuss a study that showed that an artificial intelligence powered system can detect clinically significant fluid as well as experienced observers using ...

02/11/2026

After over 7 years of nearly daily monitoring with ForeseeHome, a patient of Thomas Robertson, MD at Rocky Mount Eye in Rocky Mount, North Carolina experienced a timely detection of wet AMD at 20/25 vision.

The patient previously received a non-exudative alert just 2 months earlier. These types of early alerts are clinically significant as a sub-analysis of the ALOFT study shows they can predict increased risk of wet AMD conversion, underscoring the importance of close monitoring.

Read the analysis here: https://notalvision.info/3ZvEibn

02/10/2026

A growing wave of vision-threatening eye disease is approaching and meeting it will require more than new treatments alone.

Protecting sight at scale means rethinking how care happens between visits, where disease progression can occur silently and opportunities for timely clinical awareness may be missed.

Remote monitoring, AI-supported image analysis, and dedicated monitoring infrastructure are beginning to reshape what continuous eye care can look like; helping physicians stay informed while keeping patients connected to care.

The cruel irony is that incredibly effective treatments already exist. Many people, however, cannot access them due to barriers to care

02/05/2026

A new editorial in Ophthalmology Science discusses the role of Home OCT imaging in Protocol AO, conducted through the DRCR Retina Network, and how frequent imaging may help inform monitoring thresholds and advance research in neovascular AMD.

As clinical understanding evolves, high-frequency retinal imaging continues to shape important scientific dialogue around disease activity between clinic visits.

Read more:
https://notalvision.info/4by9HkJ

02/04/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Tony Tsai and the Retinal Consultants - RetinalMD.com team on another ForeseeHome catch case.

In this case, a patient referred with 20/25 vision generated a ForeseeHome alert more than two years later, with wet AMD subsequently diagnosed at 20/50.

This is a great example of how ongoing home monitoring can provide meaningful insight outside of routine appointment schedules—especially for patients with limited access to in-person care.

The Notal Vision Monitoring Center is proud to partner with Retinal Consultants Medical Group to support proactive AMD monitoring and timely clinical awareness.

02/03/2026

Worth a read from Joshua Mali, MD on what’s ahead for ophthalmology in 2026.

Appreciate the inclusion of AI-enabled home OCT, including SCANLY Home OCT, as part of the broader conversation around how care may continue to evolve between visits.

Many thanks, Dr. Mali, for sharing your perspective.

From artificial intelligence and IOL innovation to biosimilars, geographic atrophy, and postoperative eye protection, Joshua Mali, MD, FASRS, shares what he believes will define ophthalmology in the year ahead.

01/13/2026

👏 Congratulations, Dr. Jennifer Jacobs!

We’re proud to share that Dr. Jennifer Jacobs, one of the Notal Vision Monitoring Center Medical Directors, has once again been voted a Top Doctor by Northern Virginia Magazine.

Dr. Jacobs is highly respected among her peers, earning this recognition multiple times—including 2023, 2024, and 2025—a testament to her clinical expertise, leadership, and dedication to patient care.

The Notal Vision Monitoring Center is led by practicing ophthalmologists, Dr. George Sanborn and Dr. Jacobs, whose real-world experience helps guide the care and support we provide to practices and patients nationwide.

Join us in congratulating Dr. Jacobs on this well-deserved honor! 🎉

01/07/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Paul Velting and the Vintage Optical Shop team on catching a patient’s wet AMD conversion with ForeseeHome.

The patient was referred in January 2025 with 20/25-2 vision. Following a ForeseeHome alert in November 2025, the patient was seen just days later with conversion diagnosed in the right eye at 20/30-2.

Catching conversion while vision is still good can make a meaningful difference for patients. The Notal Vision Monitoring Center is proud to partner with Vintage Optical to help bring patients back at the right time, before changes go unnoticed.

01/06/2026

Real-world adoption of new technology rarely hinges on the technology alone.

In Retinal Physician, Kapil Kapoor, MD shares early insights from using SCANLY Home OCT in everyday practice, and what resonated most with patients and their caregivers: ease of use and peace of mind between visits.

Dr. Kapoor highlights two critical factors for practices: having a designated practice champion and partnering with a monitoring center that helps manage onboarding, education, and ongoing support.

A thoughtful reminder that technology may enable care, but people, processes, and patient confidence ultimately determine its impact.

🔗 Read the article: https://notalvision.info/49nOpUh

Conexiant Wagner Kapoor Institute

In our conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, Kapil Kapoor, MD, a vitreoretinal surgeon and president of research at the Wagner Kapoor Institute, discussed the reasons his practice was an early adopter of home OCT and described the experiences of implementing the program for bot...

12/23/2025

As the year comes to a close, we’re grateful to the patients, caregivers, and eye care professionals who trust us to support vision health every day.

Wishing you and your loved ones a joyful, peaceful holiday season and a bright start to the New Year.

— The Notal Vision Monitoring Center Team

12/17/2025

In Episode 3 of New Retina Radio’s mini-series on Retinal Fluid Fluctuation’s Impact on Long-Term Visual Acuity, Christina Weng, MD responds to a key point raised by host Jay Sridhar, MD: physicians have had limited visibility into what’s happening between wet AMD injections because patients are only imaged when they come into clinic.

Starting around minute 7:30, Dr. Weng shares that emerging research using home OCT is beginning to reveal meaningful variability between treatments—insight that’s largely invisible with in-office imaging alone.

“The variability between patients and what happens in between those injections has really been eye-opening… a dimension that we just haven’t been able to fully appreciate.”

🎧 Listen to the full conversation on Eyetube

Can smarter strategies to tame retinal fluid fluctuations actually improve long-term vision? In episode 3 of this miniseries, host Jay Sridhar, MD, and panelists Durga Borkar, MD, MMCi, and Christina Weng, MD, MBA, examine the data linking sustained...

12/10/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Jay Haynie, Jesse Stillwaugh, and the Sound Retina team for catching a patient’s wet AMD conversion with ForeseeHome!

Referred in September 2025 at 20/40+2, this patient tested almost daily. A ForeseeHome alert in November brought them back many months sooner than their next routine visit—likely preventing unnoticed, irreversible vision loss. The conversion was confirmed at 20/50+2.

The Notal Vision Monitoring Center is proud to partner with Sound Retina to help patients catch wet AMD early enough to maintain functional vision.