Detection of signs of disease in external photographs of the eyes via deep learning

B Babenko, A Mitani, I Traynis, N Kitade… - Nature biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
Retinal fundus photographs can be used to detect a range of retinal conditions. Here we
show that deep-learning models trained instead on external photographs of the eyes can be …

Automated assessment of hemodynamics in the conjunctival microvasculature network

MM Khansari, J Wanek, AE Felder… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The conjunctival microcirculation is accessible for direct visualization and quantitative
assessment of microvascular hemodynamic properties. Currently available methods to …

Assessment of the conjunctival microcirculation in adult patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease compared to healthy controls

PF Brennan, M Jing, AJ McNeil, A Awuah, J Mailey… - Microvascular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common live birth defect and a
proportion of these patients have chronic hypoxia. Chronic hypoxia leads to secondary …

Feasibility of assessment of conjunctival microvascular hemodynamics in unilateral ischemic stroke

AK Valeshabad, J Wanek, F Mukarram, R Zelkha… - Microvascular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Since the internal carotid artery supplies blood to both the eye and the brain, ocular
microvascular hemodynamics can be altered due to ischemic stroke. The purpose of the …

[HTML][HTML] Inter-visit variability of conjunctival microvascular hemodynamic measurements in healthy and diabetic retinopathy subjects

MM Khansari, M Tan, P Karamian, M Shahidi - Microvascular research, 2018 - Elsevier
Conjunctival microcirculation imaging provides a non-invasive means for detecting
hemodynamic alterations due to systemic and ocular diseases. However, reliable …

Enhanced matrix metalloproteinases-2 activates aortic endothelial hypermeability, apoptosis and vascular rarefaction in spontaneously hypertensive rat

B Wang, BW Li, HW Li, AL Li, XC Yuan… - Clinical …, 2014 - content.iospress.com
Microvascular rarefaction with endothelial cells apoptosis is a common characteristic of
various microvascular complications in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR). Elevated …

Detecting hidden signs of diabetes in external eye photographs

B Babenko, A Mitani, I Traynis, N Kitade… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
Diabetes-related retinal conditions can be detected by examining the posterior of the eye. By
contrast, examining the anterior of the eye can reveal conditions affecting the front of the …

Microvascular complications in orthokeratology (Ortho-K): A real-time study on the microvasculature of the bulbar conjunctiva in Ortho-K treatment

ATW Cheung, PCY Chen, KY Wong… - Clinical …, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Orthokeratology (Ortho-K) is an over-night hard contact lens therapy, which physically
reshapes the corneal curvature in order to stabilize or temporally eliminate myopia in …

Leukocyte-endothelial interactions within the ocular microcirculation in inflammation and infection

NA Al-Banna, JT Toguri, MEM Kelly… - Clinical …, 2013 - content.iospress.com
Leukocyte-endothelial interactions within the microvasculature represent a hallmark of
inflammation regardless of whether the inflammation results from non-infectious or infectious …

Conjunctival microcirculation is associated with cerebral cortex microcirculation in post‐resuscitation mild hypothermia: a rat model

S Zhao, Z Yang, P Sun, X Wu, W Tang, F Shao… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study aimed to compare the changes in sublingual and conjunctival
microcirculation occurring with cerebral cortex microcirculation changes during mild …