Diagnosis and Clinical Features 1 Age-Related Macular Degeneration:Current Concepts of Pathogenesis and Risk Factors - F. SCHüTT and F.G. HOLZ 2 Clinical Manifestations and Natural History of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) - J. ZURDEL and G. RICHARD 3 Diagnostic Workup - A. HASSENSTEIN and G. RICHARD 4 Planimetry of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) - R. SCHWARTZ Surgery of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) 5 Surgery - Overview - J. ZURDEL and K. ENGELMANN 6 Limited Macular Translocation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) - K.-G. AU EONG, D.J. PIERAMICI, G.Y. FUJII, and E.DE JUAN 7 Development of Microelectronic Visual Implant - H.GERDING, S. TANERI, C.E. UHLIG, and K. KRAUSE 8 Transplantation of Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells - M.VALTINK, J. WEICHEL, G. RICHARD, and K. ENGELMANN Radiotherapy of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) - Long-Term Results 9 Radiation Biology of CNV of AMD - U. CHAKRAVARTHY and S.B. KLEIN 10 Principles and Technique of Radiation Therapy - U. HöLLER and W.E. ALBERTI 11 Radiation Effects on the Eye - L.W. BRADY and T.E. YAEGER 12 Long-Term Results of Radiotherapy of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) - G.J. BERGINK, C.B. HOYNG, R.W.M. VAN DER MAAZEN, J.R. VINGERLING, W.A.J. VAN DAAL, and A.F. DEUTMANN 13 External Beam Radiation Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration; Two-Year Results - R.H. SAGERMAN and S. GORTY 14 Virtual 3D CT Simulation of Radiotherapy for Exsudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) - P. NIEHOFF, N. KOVACS, and G. KOVACS 15 Radiation Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration - A Wet Type Summary - L.W. BRADY, J.E. LAHANIATIS, J.E. FREIRE, C.T. MIYAMOTO, B. MICAILY, and T.E. YAEGER 16 External Beam Radiotherapy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration - An Uneffective Approach? - S. STAAR, R.KROFF, M. KOCHER, R.-P. MüLLER, and K. HEIMANN Clinical Studies of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) 17 A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Multicenter Trial on RadiationTherapy of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (RAD-Study) - C. BELLMANN, K. UNNEBRINK, J. DEBUS, R. ENGENHARDT-CABILLIC, and F.G. HOLZ 18 External Beam Radiotherapy as a Treatment for Subfoveal CNV of AMD - U. CHAKRAVARTHY 19 Long Term Results of High Dose of External Radiotherapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) with Subfoveolar Neovascularization - M. MAUGET-FAYSEE, R. COQUARD, J.-P. GERARD, and P. MARTIN 20 Low-Dose Radiotherapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration with Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularization: Update of Results of the Prospective Randomized St. Gallen Study Trial - C. VALMAGGIA, G. RIES, P. COSSMANN, P. BISCHOFF, and H. NIEDERBERGER Special Radiotherapy Techniques 21 Brachytherapy for Macular Degeneration Associated with Subretinal Neovascularization - P. FINGER, I. IMMONEN, I. FREIRE, and G. BROWN 22 Proton Radiation Therapy of Age-Related Macular Degeneration - L.T. YONEMOTO, J.D. SLATER, P. BLACHARSKI, and J.M. SLATER 23 Various Therapeutic Regimens in Proton Beam Irradiation of Neovascular Membranes in Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) - E. EGGER, L. ZOGRAFOS, A. SCHALENBOURG, and G. GOITEIN 24 Radiation Therapy of Age-Related Degeneration - W.C. SHEILS, S.Y. LEE, and D.M. MARCUS Subject Index List of Contributors