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ArticleBiomedical optics express2022

Automatic evaluation of graft orientation during Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty using intraoperative OCT.

Marc B Muijzer, Friso G Heslinga, Floor Couwenberg, Herke-Jan Noordmans, Abdelkarim Oahalou, Josien P W Pluim, Mitko Veta, Robert P L Wisse

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Article in Biomedical optics express, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Effect of the use of intraoperative optical coherence tomography in descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Marc B MuijzerUtrecht Cornea Research Group, Ophthalmology Department, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3341-8302
Friso G HeslingaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Postbus 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Floor CouwenbergUniversity of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands.
Herke-Jan NoordmansMedical technical and Clinical physics department, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Abdelkarim OahalouOphthalmology Department, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.
Josien P W PluimDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Postbus 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Mitko VetaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Postbus 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Robert P L WisseUtrecht Cornea Research Group, Ophthalmology Department, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Heidelberg University · DEEindhoven University of Technology · NLGelre Hospitals · NLUniversity of Twente · NLUtrecht University · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Correct Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) graft orientation is imperative for success of DMEK surgery, but intraoperative evaluation can be challenging. We present a method for automatic evaluation of the graft orientation in intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT), exploiting the natural rolling behavior of the graft. The method encompasses a deep learning model for graft segmentation, post-processing to obtain a smooth line representation, and curvature calculations to determine graft orientation. For an independent test set of 100 iOCT-frames, the automatic method correctly identified graft orientation in 78 frames and obtained an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.84. When we replaced the automatic segmentation with the manual masks, the AUC increased to 0.92, corresponding to an accuracy of 86%. In comparison, two corneal specialists correctly identified graft orientation in 90% and 91% of the iOCT-frames.

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PMID35774322
PMCPMC9203112
OpenAlexW4214670987

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