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ArticleContact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association2024

A Hue-Value method for semi-automated assessment of Lid Wiper Epitheliopathy.

Ayeswarya Ravikumar, Hope M Queener, Eugene A Osae, Eric R Ritchey

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Article in Contact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Ayeswarya RavikumarThe University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, TX, USA.
Hope M QueenerThe University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, TX, USA.
Eugene A OsaeThe University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, TX, USA.
Eric R RitcheyThe University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: erritche@central.uh.edu.

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Research Programming ModuleP30EY007551 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI LAURA J. FRISHMAN · 1988 to 2026
$16.4M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY007551
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLid wiper epitheliopathy (LWE) is a marker of an abnormal lid/cornea interaction. This study proposes an automated Hue-Value grading algorithm of LWE staining following manual selection of the region of interest.

methodsImages of LWE staining were processed using Hue and Value from HSV (Hue-Saturation-Value) color space with a custom MATLAB program. Thirty-one images were successfully analyzed. Examiners analyzed images in random order twice, separated by more than a week. Bland Altman and Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC) were performed.

resultsThere was no difference (p > 0.05) between upper (UL) and lower (LL) eyelids for LWE height (UL: 0.12 ± 0.12 mm, LL: 0.12 ± 0.07 mm), width (UL: 10.70 ± 3.84 mm, LL: 10.26 ± 3.49 mm), or area (UL: 2.85 ± 2.67 mm

conclusionsThis novel method results in highly repeatable interexaminer measures of LWE staining after general lid region delineation. Small differences in LWE width were observed between examiners.

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CorneaEyelidsHumansStaining and LabelingImage analysisLid Wiper Epitheliopathy

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PMID37977904
PMCPMC12121723

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