Feasibility of Tear Meniscus Height Measurements Obtained with a Smartphone-Attachable Portable Device and Agreement of the Results with Standard Slit Lamp Examination
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Smart Eye Camera
2.2. Fluorescein Staining Protocol
2.3. Image Analysis
2.4. Sample Size
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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SEC Upper TMH | SL Upper TMH | SEC Lower TMH | SL Lower TMH | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of values | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
Minimum | 0.119 | 0.129 | 0.118 | 0.12 |
25% Percentile | 0.1853 | 0.1823 | 0.211 | 0.2063 |
Median | 0.2095 | 0.2355 | 0.297 | 0.26 |
75% Percentile | 0.2688 | 0.2698 | 0.4338 | 0.3518 |
Maximum | 0.45 | 0.508 | 0.953 | 0.893 |
Range | 0.331 | 0.379 | 0.835 | 0.773 |
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Borselli, M.; Toro, M.D.; Rossi, C.; Taloni, A.; Khemlani, R.; Nakayama, S.; Nishimura, H.; Shimizu, E.; Scorcia, V.; Giannaccare, G. Feasibility of Tear Meniscus Height Measurements Obtained with a Smartphone-Attachable Portable Device and Agreement of the Results with Standard Slit Lamp Examination. Diagnostics 2024, 14, 316. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14030316
Borselli M, Toro MD, Rossi C, Taloni A, Khemlani R, Nakayama S, Nishimura H, Shimizu E, Scorcia V, Giannaccare G. Feasibility of Tear Meniscus Height Measurements Obtained with a Smartphone-Attachable Portable Device and Agreement of the Results with Standard Slit Lamp Examination. Diagnostics. 2024; 14(3):316. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14030316
Chicago/Turabian StyleBorselli, Massimiliano, Mario Damiano Toro, Costanza Rossi, Andrea Taloni, Rohan Khemlani, Shintato Nakayama, Hiroki Nishimura, Eisuke Shimizu, Vincenzo Scorcia, and Giuseppe Giannaccare. 2024. "Feasibility of Tear Meniscus Height Measurements Obtained with a Smartphone-Attachable Portable Device and Agreement of the Results with Standard Slit Lamp Examination" Diagnostics 14, no. 3: 316. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14030316
APA StyleBorselli, M., Toro, M. D., Rossi, C., Taloni, A., Khemlani, R., Nakayama, S., Nishimura, H., Shimizu, E., Scorcia, V., & Giannaccare, G. (2024). Feasibility of Tear Meniscus Height Measurements Obtained with a Smartphone-Attachable Portable Device and Agreement of the Results with Standard Slit Lamp Examination. Diagnostics, 14(3), 316. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14030316