Quantitative analysis of invivo confocal microscopy images: A review

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 466-475

  Patel, Dipika V ^a   McGhee, Charles N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal endothelium; Corneal epithelium; Corneal thickness; Invivo confocal microscopy; Keratocytes; Quantitative analysis; Repeatability; Sub basal nerves

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA REFLECTIVITY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORY NERVE; STANDARDIZATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CORNEA DISEASE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPEATABILITY; REVIEW; SUB-BASAL NERVES; CORNEAL DISEASES; PROCEDURES;

CORNEA; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEAL EPITHELIUM; CORNEAL THICKNESS; IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; KERATOCYTES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPEATABILITY; SUB-BASAL NERVES;

CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 84882648189     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: 18793304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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