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Title
Logistic index for keratoconus detection and severity scoring (Logik)
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Purpose: To develop an objective severity scoring system for keratoconus for the use in clinical practice. Methods: Corneal elevation and minimum thickness data of 812 subjects were retrospectively collected and divided into two groups: one control group with normal topography in both eyes (304 eyes), and one keratoconus group (508 eyes). Keratoconus cases ranged from suspect to moderate and had at least 1 examination in 1 of 2 recruiting centres. The elevation data were fitted to Zernike polynomial functions up to 8th order. An adapted machine learning algorithm was then applied to derive a platform-independent severity scoring and identification system for keratoconus. Results: The resulting logistic index for keratoconus (Logik) provided consistent and progressing scoring that reflected keratoconus severity. Moreover, the system provided an accurate classification of suspect keratoconus versus normal (sensitivity of 85.2%, specificity of 70.0%) when compared with Belin/Ambrosio Display Deviation (BAD_D) (sensitivity of 75.0%, specificity of 74.4%) and the Pentacam Topographical Keratoconus Classification (TKC) (sensitivity of 9.3%, specificity of 97.0%). Logik also showed better accuracy for grading keratoconus stages with an average accuracy of 99.9% versus (98.2%, 94.7%) with BAD_D and TKC respectively. Conclusion: Logik is a reliable index to identify suspect keratoconus and to score the severity of the disease. It shows an agreement with existing approaches while achieving better performance.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Computers in biology and medicine. - Oxford
Publication
Oxford : 2020
ISSN
0010-4825
DOI
10.1016/J.COMPBIOMED.2020.103809
Volume/pages
122 (2020) , 10 p.
Article Reference
103809
ISI
000546326800007
Pubmed ID
32658727
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E-only publicatie
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