New approaches and technologies to improve accuracy of acute otitis media diagnosis

S Esposito, S Bianchini, A Argentiero, R Gobbi, C Vicini… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Several studies have shown that in recent years incidence of acute otitis media (AOM) has
declined worldwide. However, related medical, social, and economic problems for patients …

Otitis media middle ear effusion identification and characterization using an optical coherence tomography otoscope

D Preciado, RM Nolan, R Joshi… - … –Head and Neck …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To determine the feasibility of detecting and differentiating middle ear effusions
(MEEs) using an optical coherence tomography (OCT) otoscope. Study Design Cross …

Automated classification platform for the identification of otitis media using optical coherence tomography

GL Monroy, J Won, R Dsouza, P Pande, MC Hill… - NPJ digital …, 2019 - nature.com
The diagnosis and treatment of otitis media (OM), a common childhood infection, is a
significant burden on the healthcare system. Diagnosis relies on observer experience via …

Longitudinal optical coherence tomography to visualize the in vivo response of middle ear biofilms to antibiotic therapy

J Won, W Hong, P Khampang, DR Spillman Jr… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Studying the impact of antibiotic treatment on otitis media (OM), the leading cause of primary
care office visits during childhood, is critical to develop appropriate treatment strategies …

Imaging of Alternobaric Facial Palsy: An Etiologic Hypothesis

BD Lovin, JC Page, JT Vrabec - Annals of Otology …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To report a case of alternobaric facial palsy (AFP) with a hyperpneumatized
temporal bone and to review the relevant literature in order to propose a new facet of AFP …

Economical and compact briefcase spectral-domain optical coherence tomography system for primary care and point-of-care applications

R Dsouza, J Won, GL Monroy… - … of biomedical optics, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Development of low-cost and portable optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems is of
global interest in the OCT research community. Such systems enable utility broadly …

Shortwave infrared otoscopy for diagnosis of middle ear effusions: A machine-learning-based approach

RG Kashani, MC Młyńczak, D Zarabanda… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Otitis media, a common disease marked by the presence of fluid within the middle ear
space, imparts a significant global health and economic burden. Identifying an effusion …

Assessing the effect of middle ear effusions on wideband acoustic immittance using optical coherence tomography

J Won, GL Monroy, PC Huang, MC Hill… - Ear and …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Wideband acoustic immittance (WAI) noninvasively assesses middle ear
function by measuring the sound conduction over a range of audible frequencies. Although …

Multimodal handheld probe for characterizing otitis media—integrating Raman spectroscopy and optical coherence tomography

GL Monroy, ST Fitzgerald, A Locke, J Won… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Otitis media (OM) is a common disease of the middle ear, affecting 80% of children before
the age of three. The otoscope, a simple illuminated magnifier, is the standard clinical …

Automated classification of otitis media with OCT: augmenting pediatric image datasets with gold-standard animal model data

GL Monroy, J Won, J Shi, MC Hill, RG Porter… - Biomedical Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Otitis media (OM) is an extremely common disease that affects children worldwide. Optical
coherence tomography (OCT) has emerged as a noninvasive diagnostic tool for OM, which …