Deep-learning based analysis of in-vivo confocal microscopy images of the subbasal corneal nerve plexus' inferior whorl in patients with neuropathic corneal pain and dry eye disease.

Journal: The ocular surface
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate and compare subbasal corneal nerve parameters of the inferior whorl in patients with dry eye disease (DED), neuropathic corneal pain (NCP), and controls using a novel deep-learning-based algorithm to analyze in-vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) images.

Authors

  • Raul E Ruiz-Lozano
    Department of Ophthalmology, Foster Center for Ocular Immunology at Duke Eye Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Matias Soifer
    Department of Ophthalmology, Foster Center for Ocular Immunology at Duke Eye Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Zane Z Zemborain
    Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
  • Nadim S Azar
    Department of Ophthalmology, Foster Center for Ocular Immunology at Duke Eye Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
  • Manuel E Quiroga-Garza
    Department of Ophthalmology, Foster Center for Ocular Immunology at Duke Eye Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Sofia Murillo
    Department of Ophthalmology, Foster Center for Ocular Immunology at Duke Eye Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
  • Symon Ma
    Department of Ophthalmology, Foster Center for Ocular Immunology at Duke Eye Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Seitaro Komai
    Department of Ophthalmology, Foster Center for Ocular Immunology at Duke Eye Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Anupama Horne
    Department of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
  • Ali Khodor
    Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Luis A Rodriguez-Gutierrez
    Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Sandra S Stinnett
    Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
  • Sina Farsiu
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
  • Victor L Perez
    Department of Ophthalmology, Foster Center for Ocular Immunology at Duke Eye Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: vperez4@med.miami.edu.