A method for assisting a physician in performing an ophthalmic surgery including epiretinal membrane removal comprising: acquiring a plurality of quasi-real time images at a plurality of regions of an eye, characterized by acquiring the plurality of quasi-real time images at a plurality of different intraocular pressures, wherein the plurality of different intraocular pressures results in a varied degree in distortions in the plurality of quasi-real time images, the varied degree in distortions resulting from the different intraocular pressures comprising different distortions for high stress regions than for low stress regions, determining stress levels for the plurality of regions based on the plurality of quasi-real time images, with the high stress regions having a higher stress than the low stress regions, and with the stresses in the high stress regions and in the low stress regions being determined from the distortions in the plurality of quasi-real time images at the plurality of different intraocular pressures, determining a recommended next region to be a said high stress region and for epiretinal membrane removal a recommended next procedure to be a cut of the epiretinal membrane at the recommended next region, based on the plurality of quasi-real time images and a computational model of the eye, the computational model of the eye including mechanical properties of the eye comprising tensile strength of tissue within the eye and sizes of various components of the eye, wherein the sizes of the various components of the eye are determined from the plurality of quasi-real time images, calculating, using the plurality of quasi-real time images and the computational model of the eye, for a particular one said recommended next region selected by the physician an expected next result of the cut of the epiretinal membrane including a reaction of surrounding tissue to a release of stress at the selected particular one said recommended next region using the computational model of the eye, displaying, on a graphical display, the recommended next region, the recommended next procedure and the expected result to the physician. acquiring a plurality of quasi-real time images at a plurality of regions of an eye, characterized by acquiring the plurality of quasi-real time images at a plurality of different intraocular pressures, wherein the plurality of different intraocular pressures results in a varied degree in distortions in the plurality of quasi-real time images, the varied degree in distortions resulting from the different intraocular pressures comprising different distortions for high stress regions than for low stress regions, determining stress levels for the plurality of regions based on the plurality of quasi-real time images, with the high stress regions having a higher stress than the low stress regions, and with the stresses in the high stress regions and in the low stress regions being determined from the distortions in the plurality of quasi-real time images at the plurality of different intraocular pressures, determining a recommended next region to be a said high stress region and for epiretinal membrane removal a recommended next procedure to be a cut of the epiretinal membrane at the recommended next region, based on the plurality of quasi-real time images and a computational model of the eye, the computational model of the eye including mechanical properties of the eye comprising tensile strength of tissue within the eye and sizes of various components of the eye, wherein the sizes of the various components of the eye are determined from the plurality of quasi-real time images, calculating, using the plurality of quasi-real time images and the computational model of the eye, for a particular one said recommended next region selected by the physician an expected next result of the cut of the epiretinal membrane including a reaction of surrounding tissue to a release of stress at the selected particular one said recommended next region using the computational model of the eye, displaying, on a graphical display, the recommended next region, the recommended next procedure and the expected result to the physician.