{"id":5877,"date":"2026-01-22T13:27:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/?page_id=5877"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:24:32","slug":"historical-background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/en\/lvo\/historical-background\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Background"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5877\" class=\"elementor elementor-5877\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7c33ff e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c7c33ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-305feba elementor-widget elementor-widget-tm-timeline\" data-id=\"305feba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tm-timeline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"unicamp-timeline style-01\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-line\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-list unicamp-entrance-animation-queue\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\">2015<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"unicamp-image image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMGP7019-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"IMGP7019\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Laboratory of Vision and Optics Arts (LVO)<\/strong>\u00a0in its current stucture and legal status was established by the\u00a0<strong>Government Gazette 1797 \/ 20-8-2015, No. 8860<\/strong>. The LVO operates as an independent Laboratory of the Medical School of the University of Crete. In our future plans, the transformation of the Laboratory into an independent Institute and the further development of its activities with its transfer to independent and more suitable spaces is still a priority. Plans on the new housing space have been completed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\">2005<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"unicamp-image image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mihail-cioinica-NG-WICNjRO8-unsplash-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"mihail-cioinica-NG-WICNjRO8-unsplash\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Laboratory of Vision and Optics Arts (LVO)<\/strong>\u00a0in its current stucture and legal status was established by the\u00a0<strong>Government Gazette 1797 \/ 20-8-2015, No. 8860<\/strong>. The LVO operates as an independent Laboratory of the Medical School of the University of Crete. In our future plans, the transformation of the Laboratory into an independent Institute and the further development of its activities with its transfer to independent and more suitable spaces is still a priority. Plans on the new housing space have been completed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\">2004<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"unicamp-image image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ivo-1.jpg\" alt=\"ivo\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The selection of Athens as the city to host the 2004 Olympic Games, resulted in the need for a specialized centre of diagnosis\/treatment\/research as regards the athletes\u2019 vision.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\">2003<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"unicamp-image image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_9492.jpg\" alt=\"img_9492\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2003 the operation of the intradepartmental postgraduate program of studies entitled \u201c<strong>OPTICS AND VISION<\/strong>\u201d commences, with the participation of the University of Crete Departments of Medicine, Physics and Mathematics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\">2002<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"unicamp-image image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/photos_00039-600x593.jpg\" alt=\"photos_00039\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2002, the establishment of a National Centre for Sports Vision <strong>(NCSV)<\/strong> was proposed, with VEIC as its core.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\">1999<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"unicamp-image image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/haag_streit_perimeter.jpg\" alt=\"haag_streit_perimeter\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1999 the specialization seminars (<strong>Mini Fellowships<\/strong>) in refractive surgery commence and the International Ophthalmology Training Centre (IOTC) is founded.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\">1989<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"unicamp-image image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/diamondandmanipulator.jpg\" alt=\"diamondandmanipulator\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Following a donation by\u00a0<strong>Theodore Vardinoyiannis<\/strong>\u00a0in 1989,\u00a0<strong>EMMO<\/strong>\u00a0purchases its initial equipment and is renamed into\u00a0<strong>VEIC<\/strong>\u00a0(Vardinoyiannion Eye Institute of Crete). During the last decade\u00a0<strong>VEIC<\/strong>\u00a0had developed highly important research activities, especially in the fields of refractive surgery and eye vision, which attracted the interest of the international ophthalmologic and optometric community.\u00a0<strong>VEIC<\/strong> today is one of the Laboratories of LVO, University of Crete School of Medicine.<\/p><p>The Institute education activities commence at VEIC in 1989 with the organization of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aegeanretina.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aegean Retina<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aegeancornea.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aegean Cornea<\/a>\u00a0international conferences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\">1987<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"unicamp-image image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/david-travis-aVvZJC0ynBQ-unsplash-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"david-travis-aVvZJC0ynBQ-unsplash\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Although the Laboratory of Vision and Optics (LVO) was only recently established, it actually started operating in 1987 under the name\u00a0<strong>EMMO<\/strong>\u00a0(Laboratory of Transplants and Eye Microsurgery).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 The Laboratory of Vision and Optics Arts (LVO)\u00a0in its current stucture and legal status was established by the\u00a0Government Gazette 1797 \/ 20-8-2015, No. 8860. The LVO operates as an independent Laboratory of the Medical School of the University of Crete. In our future plans, the transformation of the Laboratory into an independent Institute and the further development of its activities with its transfer to independent and more suitable spaces is still a priority. Plans on the new housing space have been completed. 2005 The Laboratory of Vision and Optics Arts (LVO)\u00a0in its current stucture and legal status was established by the\u00a0Government Gazette 1797 \/ 20-8-2015, No. 8860. The LVO operates as an independent Laboratory of the Medical School of the University of Crete. In our future plans, the transformation of the Laboratory into an independent Institute and the further development of its activities with its transfer to independent and more suitable spaces is still a priority. Plans on the new housing space have been completed. 2004 The selection of Athens as the city to host the 2004 Olympic Games, resulted in the need for a specialized centre of diagnosis\/treatment\/research as regards the athletes\u2019 vision. 2003 In 2003 the operation of the intradepartmental postgraduate program of studies entitled \u201cOPTICS AND VISION\u201d commences, with the participation of the University of Crete Departments of Medicine, Physics and Mathematics. 2002 In 2002, the establishment of a National Centre for Sports Vision (NCSV) was proposed, with VEIC as its core. \u00a0 1999 In 1999 the specialization seminars (Mini Fellowships) in refractive surgery commence and the International Ophthalmology Training Centre (IOTC) is founded. 1989 Following a donation by\u00a0Theodore Vardinoyiannis\u00a0in 1989,\u00a0EMMO\u00a0purchases its initial equipment and is renamed into\u00a0VEIC\u00a0(Vardinoyiannion Eye Institute of Crete). During the last decade\u00a0VEIC\u00a0had developed highly important research activities, especially in the fields of refractive surgery and eye vision, which attracted the interest of the international ophthalmologic and optometric community.\u00a0VEIC today is one of the Laboratories of LVO, University of Crete School of Medicine. The Institute education activities commence at VEIC in 1989 with the organization of the\u00a0Aegean Retina\u00a0and\u00a0Aegean Cornea\u00a0international conferences. 1987 Although the Laboratory of Vision and Optics (LVO) was only recently established, it actually started operating in 1987 under the name\u00a0EMMO\u00a0(Laboratory of Transplants and Eye Microsurgery).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":5857,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5877","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-no-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5877"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6773,"href":"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5877\/revisions\/6773"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}