AS-OCT and Ocular Hygrometer as Innovative Tools in Dry Eye Disease Diagnosis

Applied Sciences

Antonella Grasso¹  Siddharth Yadav²  Antonella Carducci³  Marco Coassin⁴  Antonio Di Zazzo⁴  Daniele Gaudenzi⁴  Roberto Sgrulletta⁴  Tommaso Mori⁴  Salvatore Crugliano⁵  Carlo Frontini⁵  Emiliano Schena⁶ 

[1] Breast Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy;Department of Ophthalmology, VN Desai Municipal Hospital, Mumbai 400055, India;Microbiology Unit, ASST Valle Olona, 21052 Busto Arsizio, Italy;Ophthalmology Operative Complex Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy;Ophthalmology Unit, ASST Valle Olona, 21052 Busto Arsizio, Italy;Unit of Measurements and Biomedical Instrumentation, Departmental Faculty of Engineering, University Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy;

关键词: dry eye disease;    AS-OCT;    ocular hygrometer;   

DOI  :  10.3390/app12031647

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Dry eye disease (DED) is one of the conditions that most commonly leads patients to visit an ophthalmologist. Fast and accurate diagnosis relieves patient discomfort and spares them from long-term effects on the ocular surface. Many tests used in the diagnosis of DED may be considered subjective as they rely on an experienced observer for image interpretation, resulting in variations in diagnosis. On one hand, the non-contact nature of the anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) device and its rapid image acquisition enable the measurement of the tear meniscus parameter without reflex tearing. On the other hand, an ocular hygrometer allows a rapid, safe, but also efficient, analysis and is associated with low costs and the repeatability of the procedure.

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