Planning consult
Translate tomography, topography, clinical context, and surgical goals into a structured CAIRS planning discussion.
CAIRS Consult
Physician-led planning support for corneal allogenic ring segment surgery, built by NeuralVision's team of ophthalmologists and engineers to connect imaging, expert review, and tissue pathways.
Expert-reviewed planning
Platform-flexible intake
Tissue pathway guidance
Built for the missing middle between interest and surgery.
Clinical adoption of CAIRS is advancing, and every clinic begins from a different place: imaging exports, tissue access, femtosecond workflows, and familiarity with allogenic segment planning. CAIRS Consult makes those requirements explicit before the case moves forward.
Imaging workflow
Start from MS-39, GALILEI/Galilei, Pentacam, or less common corneal imaging exports, with expert intake when the format is unfamiliar.
Tissue pathway
Coordinate planning around the donor-tissue or segment pathway available to the surgeon, clinic, and region.
Expert review
Bring CAIRS surgical experience, tomography research, and clinical software engineering into the planning loop.
Start from the imaging your clinic already uses.
The consult is designed around the practical reality of corneal clinics. Send the available maps, measurements, and case goals from MS-39, GALILEI/Galilei, Pentacam, or another imaging system. When an export is nonstandard, our team identifies the data needed for a usable planning review.
- CSO MS-39 anterior-segment OCT and tomography workflows
- Ziemer GALILEI/Galilei dual-Scheimpflug and Placido exports
- Oculus Pentacam tomography exports
- Less common imaging systems reviewed through expert intake
- Keratometry, pachymetry, elevation, and cone-location context
- Prior CXL, scarring, previous ICRS, and surgical-history flags
A clear planning path before the patient reaches surgery.
CAIRS planning should be clinically interrogable, revisable, and aligned with the tissue route available to the practice. The consult keeps that reasoning visible.
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Submit case context
Upload de-identified imaging, clinical measurements, prior procedures, and the surgical objective.
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Receive a structured review
NeuralVision reviews the available data and prepares a planning discussion around segment strategy, constraints, and missing information.
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Align tissue and logistics
When needed, the plan is matched to the ring or tissue pathway that can realistically be used by the clinic.
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Review before surgery
The surgeon retains final responsibility while using the consult as a documented decision-support layer.
What the surgeon receives.
Each consult returns a structured planning record with imaging-readiness notes, relevant clinical constraints, planning rationale, and tissue-pathway considerations for preoperative review.
Case-readiness checklist
A clear view of usable imaging, missing data, candidacy concerns, and the questions that should be resolved before planning proceeds.
Planning rationale
A surgeon-readable discussion of the cone pattern, target regularization strategy, tissue constraints, and plan tradeoffs.
Ring or tissue pathway notes
Guidance around the tissue route available to the clinic, including what must be confirmed locally before ordering or scheduling.
Revision loop
A practical path to revise the plan when the surgeon provides new imaging, different tissue availability, or a changed surgical goal.
Research-backed, clinically cautious, surgeon-first.
NeuralVision's CAIRS work sits within a published surgical research program: comparative outcomes, segmental tomography, allogenic segment customization, tissue-handling techniques, and broader corneal imaging science. The service remains decision support for qualified physicians.
J Refract Surg, 2024
Propensity-matched CAIRS vs synthetic ICRS outcomes
Single-segment comparative analysis of allogenic stromal tissue and PMMA intrastromal segments in corneal ectasia.
J Refract Surg, 2023
CAIRS for corneal ectasia: 52-eye segmental tomography
Comprehensive evaluation of visual, refractive, epithelial, stromal, and segment-level changes after CAIRS.
J Refract Surg, 2023
All-femtosecond asymmetric CAIRS customization
Technique paper describing patient-specific allogenic segment geometry for asymmetric cones and non-coinciding astigmatism-coma axes.
Cornea, 2023 / 2025
CAIRS tissue dehydration and handling techniques
Technique refinement focused on segment dehydration, implantation handling, insertion efficiency, and tissue integrity.
CRSToday, 2023
Therapeutic refractive surgery for keratoconus
Clinical framework placing CAIRS within staged cone debulking, corneal stabilization, and customized visual rehabilitation.
J Refract Surg, 2024
Objective corneal imaging and therapeutic outcomes
Broader corneal imaging work using objective OCT-based analysis in therapeutic keratoconus treatment.
Led by CAIRS experience.
Shady T. Awwad is a CAIRS pioneer whose work sits at the intersection of corneal surgery, tomography, and allogenic segment innovation. CAIRS Consult brings that experience to a procedure where planning quality, tissue constraints, and surgeon judgment all matter.
Shady T. Awwad, MD
CAIRS pioneer and cornea/refractive surgery mentor
Clinical guardrails.
CAIRS Consult is built for professional use. It supports case preparation and planning discussion while leaving final medical and surgical decisions with the treating physician.
Is this meant for surgeons who are new to CAIRS?
Yes. The page and service are designed for physicians who want expert planning support before adding CAIRS to their practice, while still respecting local training, tissue access, and surgeon responsibility.
Does the software replace clinical judgment?
No. CAIRS Consult is decision support for qualified ophthalmic surgeons. Final candidacy, surgical technique, tissue use, and patient counseling remain the responsibility of the treating surgeon.
What if my clinic already has donor tissue?
The consult can focus on planning around your available tissue pathway. If the clinic does not have a tissue route yet, NeuralVision can help discuss options and constraints.
Bring your first CAIRS case into a structured planning workflow.
Start with the available imaging and clinical context. NeuralVision will help turn the case into a planning conversation your surgical team can review.
Tomography or topography exports
Keratometry, pachymetry, and cone-location context
Prior CXL, scarring, previous ICRS, and surgical-history notes
Available tissue route, ring pathway, or regional constraints