AX1 Used in Groundbreaking Moorfields School Eye Study

Occuity is delighted to share that the AX1 Axiometer is being used by world-leading Moorfields Eye Hospital in a groundbreaking school eye screening study.

The initiative, led by renowned paediatric ophthalmologist Prof. Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, is screening school children across London as part of the Eye Study.

In the project, researchers are measuring the axial length of around 2,500 children using the AX1. At this scale, the programme represents one of the largest handheld axial length screening efforts to date, helping to build valuable insight into children’s eye growth.

School screening programmes offer a powerful opportunity to assess children’s eye health at scale. The AX1’s handheld, non-contact design makes it particularly well suited to these environments, where traditional chin-rest instruments can be more difficult for children to use.

Early feedback from the Moorfields team highlights how quickly operators have been able to learn the device and obtain measurements in the vast majority of children.

Professor Dahlmann-Noor commented: 

“The AX1 is easy to use and despite minimal training, our operators learned quickly how to use it. In the vast majority of children we are able to obtain a reading quickly.”

Meryem Louzri, an ophthalmic technician involved in the study, added:

“Thrilled to be trialling the Occuity AX1 — a handheld, non-contact device designed to measure axial length, from the cornea to the retina, a key metric in myopia management. I was delighted to be among those able to trial such an innovative piece of technology and see first-hand how it could shape the future of myopia monitoring and patient care."

She continued,

"The kids reacted very well to being measured on the device. It’s really exciting to be able to measure and know the axial length of the eye so quickly.”

As the AX1 continues to be used in large-scale real-world research settings, Occuity will develop training materials and best-practice guidance to support clinicians using the device in practice.

The Moorfields project represents an exciting example of how handheld axial length measurement will support large-scale eye health screening in children.