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ArticleTranslational vision science & technology2019

Tracking the Reflective Light Particles Spreading on the Cornea: An Emerging Assessment for Tear Film Homeostasis.

Hung-Yin Lai, Ming-Tse Kuo, Po-Chiung Fang, Chi-Chang Lin, Chun-Chih Chien, Wan-Hua Cho, Alexander Chen, Ing-Chou Lai

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  3. Grading reliability of the tear film viscosity examination.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2021
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Hung-Yin LaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ming-Tse KuoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Po-Chiung FangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chi-Chang LinDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Chun-Chih ChienDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Wan-Hua ChoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Alexander ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ing-Chou LaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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purposeTo implement an emerging noninvasive approach for assessing the dynamic tear film (TF) homeostasis.

methodsThe video records of dynamic TF from 12 healthy orthokeratology lens wearers were obtained by a clinically available TF analyzer and decomposed as image sequences. The trajectories of TF particles were analyzed by two tracking models, the full-span model (FSM) and the fixed-duration model (FDM). FSM tracked a particle for a complete opening blink cycle, while FDM tracked 1 second of the same cycle. A power-law fitting operation [Formula: see text] was used to extract homeostasis markers based on the tracking model for each subject.

resultsComparing two tracking models (

conclusionsFDM is a good alternative to FSM and has tracking properties of higher efficiency and easier implementation. The homeostasis markers under FDM tracking showed a good interblink consistence; therefore this approach will be a promising method for analyzing dynamic TF homeostasis in future practice. TRANSLATIONAL RELEVANCE: FDM analytical architecture can practice the past experimental platform on a TF analyzer to obtain homeostasis markers of TF.

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contact lensdry eyesorthokeratologytear film homeostasistear hydrodynamics

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