Ong, Ariel Yuhan
Merle, David A.
Pollreisz, Andreas
Wagner, Siegfried K.
Sevgi, Mertcan
Keane, Pearse A.
Huemer, Roman
Oehling, Julian
Jäger, Markus
Huemer, Josef
Article History
Received: 20 November 2025
Accepted: 25 January 2026
First Online: 31 January 2026
Competing interests
: P.A.K. is a co-founder of Cascader Ltd. and has acted as a consultant for Retina Consultants of America, Topcon, Roche, Boehringer-Ingelheim, and Bitfount and is an equity owner in Big Picture Medical. He has received speaker fees from Zeiss, Novartis, Gyroscope, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Apellis, Roche, AbbVie, Topcon, and Hakim Group. He has received travel support from Bayer, Topcon, and Roche, and has attended advisory boards for Topcon, Bayer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, RetinAI, and Novartis. J.H. has received travel support from Bayer and Roche, and speaker fees from Zeiss, Roche, and Bayer. The remaining authors do not have any conflicts of interest to declare.