Estimating the keratoconus index from ultrasound images of the human cornea

F Castiglione; F Castiglione

doi:10.1109/42.897822

Estimating the keratoconus index from ultrasound images of the human cornea

IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2000 Dec;19(12):1268-72. doi: 10.1109/42.897822.

Authors

F Castiglione¹, F Castiglione

Affiliation

¹ Zentrum für Angewandte Informatik Köln, University of Cologne, Germany. filippo@zpr.uni-koeln.de

PMID: 11212377
DOI: 10.1109/42.897822

Abstract

The keratoconus index (KI) is a new biometric parameter to make diagnosis and to follow the development of the keratoconus in human eyes. Using images from an ultrasound biomicroscope, we show a semi-automatic method to speed up the computation of the KI.

MeSH terms

Cornea / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Keratoconus / diagnostic imaging*
Ultrasonography