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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Smartphone-Assisted Placido Ring Imaging for K1 Stratification in Keratoconus: A Deep Learning Study.

Enes Eroglu, Nicholas Tomaras, Kabir Anand Pathak, Jaron Sanchez, Rafael Alejandro Pinto-Colmenarez, Juan Carlos Prieto, Lucie Dole, Rohith Erukulla, Michael Maizel, Ali R Djalilian and 1 more

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Enes ErogluDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2226 Nelson Highway, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-0053-6416
Nicholas TomarasDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois Chicago, 1855 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-8187-3261
Kabir Anand PathakDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2226 Nelson Highway, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-9837-5731
Jaron SanchezDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2226 Nelson Highway, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5457-1624
Rafael Alejandro Pinto-ColmenarezDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2226 Nelson Highway, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA.
Juan Carlos PrietoDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2226 Nelson Highway, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA.
Lucie DoleDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2226 Nelson Highway, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA.
Rohith ErukullaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois Chicago, 1855 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4601-5756
Michael MaizelDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2226 Nelson Highway, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-0297-5755
Ali R DjalilianDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois Chicago, 1855 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Mohammad SoleimaniDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2226 Nelson Highway, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6546-3546

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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deep learningK1keratoconuskeratometrysmartphone imaging

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PMID42449857
PMCPMC13360261

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