Smart Eye Camera: A Validation Study for Evaluating the Tear Film Breakup Time in Human Subjects.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to demonstrate the efficacy of a "Smart Eye Camera (SEC)" in comparison with the efficacy of the conventional slit-lamp microscope by evaluating their diagnostic functionality for dry eye disease (DED) in clinical cases.

Methods

This retrospective study included 106 eyes from 53 adult Japanese patients who visited the Ophthalmology outpatient clinics in Keio University Hospital from June 2019 to March 2020. Tear film breakup time (TFBUT) and corneal fluorescence score (CFS) measurements for the diagnosis of DED were compared between the conventional slit-lamp microscope and SEC.

Results

The objective findings of DED showed that there was a strong correlation between the conventional slit-lamp microscope and SEC with respect to TFBUT and CFS re

SUBMITTER: Shimizu E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8083120 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature