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ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2024

Evaluation of a new portable corneal topography system for self-measurement using smartphones: a pilot study.

Hidenaga Kobashi, Kazuo Tsubota, Shunsuke Aoki, Masaaki Kobayashi, Brian Sumali, Yasue Mitsukura

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Article in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hidenaga KobashiTsubota Laboratory, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. himon@hotmail.co.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0767-4214
Kazuo TsubotaTsubota Laboratory, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
Shunsuke AokiDentsu ScienceJam, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
Masaaki KobayashiStratasys Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
Brian SumaliDepartment of System Design Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Kanagawa, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasue MitsukuraDepartment of System Design Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Kanagawa, Tokyo, Japan.
Keio University · JP

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Abstract

purposeHerein, we propose the use of the "KeraVio Ring", which is a portable, selfie-based, smartphone-attached corneal topography system that is based on the Placido ring videokeratoscope. The goal of this study was to evaluate and compare corneal parameters between KeraVio Ring and conventional corneal tomography images.

methodsWe designed the KeraVio Ring as a device comprising 3D-printed LED rings for generating Placido rings that can be attached to a smartphone. Two LED rings are attached to a cone-shaped device, and both corneas are illuminated. Selfies were taken using the KeraVio Ring attached to the smartphone without assistance from any of the examiners. Captured Placido rings on the cornea were analysed by intelligent software to calculate corneal parameters. Patients with normal, keratoconus, or LASIK-treated eyes were included. Anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) was also performed for each subject.

resultsWe found highly significant correlations between the steepest and flattest keratometry, corneal astigmatism, and vector components obtained with the KeraVio Ring and AS-OCT. In subjects with normal, keratoconus, and LASIK-treated eyes, the mean difference in corneal astigmatism between the two devices was -0.8 ± 1.4 diopters (D) (95% limits of agreement (LoA), -3.6 to 2.0), -1.8 ± 3.7 D (95% LoA, -9.1 to 5.5), and -1.5 ± 1.3 D (95% LoA, -4.0 to 1.1), respectively.

conclusionsThe experimental results showed that the corneal parameters obtained by the KeraVio Ring were correlated with those obtained with AS-OCT. The KeraVio Ring has the potential to address an unmet need by providing a tool for portable selfie-based corneal topography.

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CorneaCorneal TopographyKeratoconusSmartphoneTomography, Optical CoherenceAdultEquipment DesignFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsReproducibility of ResultsYoung AdultAS-OCTCorneal topographyKeratoconusSelfieSmartphone

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