Medium to long term follow up study of the efficacy of cessation of eye-rubbing to halt progression of keratoconus by Adrien Mazharian, Roxane Flamant, Sina Elahi, Christophe Panthier, Radhika Rampat, Damien Gatinel

“…Corneal topography using the Pentacam® (Oculus®, Wetzlar, Germany) was used to obtain maximum and average anterior keratometry readings (Kmax and Kmean), as well as thinnest pachymetry (Pachymin, μm) in both eyes.Main outcome measuresThe main outcomes measured were maximum keratometry (Kmax), mean keratometry (Kmean), and thinnest pachymetry (Pachymin) values at various time points to assess for keratoconus progression. …”
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Changes in corneal deformation parameters after lenticule creation and extraction during small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) procedure. by Yang Shen, Jing Zhao, Peijun Yao, Huamao Miao, Lingling Niu, Xiaoying Wang, Xingtao Zhou

“…Changes in the corneal deformation parameters, including deformation amplitude (DA), applanation time(AT1 and AT2), applanation length(AL1 and AL2), corneal velocity(CV1 and CV2), peak distance(P.Dist.), radius and intraocular pressure values were measured preoperatively, immediately after lenticule creation and subsequent to corneal lenticule extraction in all eyes with the Corvis Scheimpflug Technology (Corvis ST, OCULUS, Wetzlar, Germany). Repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) with bonferroni-adjusted post hoc comparisons was performed to investigate changes following each step of the procedure. …”
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Diurnal changes of noninvasive parameters of ocular surface in healthy subjects before and after continuous face mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic by Giuseppe Giannaccare, Marco Pellegrini, Massimiliano Borselli, Carlotta Senni, Angela Bruno, Vincenzo Scorcia

“…In this prospective cross-sectional study, healthy volunteers attending the same workplace environment underwent a noninvasive ocular surface workup by means of Keratograph 5 M (Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany) in the same day at 2 different time points: (i) in the early morning before wearing face mask (T0); (ii) after 8 h of continuous face mask use (T1). …”
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A Corneal Biomechanical Study Measured with a Scheimpflug Dynamic Analyser in Soft Contact Lens Wearers by Alfredo López-Muñoz, Isabel López-Castaño, Úrsula Torres-Parejo, Marta-C. García-Romera

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the biomechanical changes in the cornea after wearing soft contact lenses (CLs) in healthy myopic patients measured with a Corvis ST^® (CST, Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany) analyser. This prospective, cross-sectional, single-centre study was performed on twenty-two Caucasian patients aged between 19 and 24 years (20.64 ± 1.21 years) range. …”
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Avaliação das aberrações de alta ordem em pacientes com ceratocone inicial by Francisco Wellington Rodrigues, Cássio Filho Cysneiros de Assis, Rodrigo Egídio da Silva, Pedro Vitor Braga de Oliveira

“…Foram analisados 54 pacientes (108 olhos) diagnosticados com ceratocone pelo mesmo especialista em córnea por meio dos critérios ABCD de Belin/Ambrósio Enhanced Ectasia, utilizando-se o tomógrafo Pentacam® HR 70900 (Oculus Wetzlar, Alemanha). Além disso, foram feitas análises qualitativa e quantitativa das aberrações de alta ordem desses mesmos pacientes por meio do OPD-Scan III-NIDEK. …”
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The Effect of Cycloplegia on the Ocular Biometric and Anterior Segment Parameters: A Cross-Sectional Study by Hamed Momeni-Moghaddam, Nasim Maddah, James S. Wolffsohn, Mohammad Etezad-Razavi, Siamak Zarei-Ghanavati, Amir Akhavan Rezayat, Majid Moshirfar

“…Biometric components and anterior segment parameters were measured using an IOLMaster 700 (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Jena, Germany) and a Pentacam HR (Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany), respectively. Results Significant statistical changes in ACD (increased by 0.06 ± 0.05 mm; p < 0.001), anterior chamber volume (increased by 15.19 ± 10.32 mm3; p < 0.001), ACA (decreased by 2.18 ± 10.20°; p = 0.029) and lens thickness (decreased by 0.02 ± 0.03 mm; p < 0.001) were observed post-cycloplegia, while the changes in CC, corneal thickness in the PC, WTW and AL were not statistically different (p > 0.05). …”
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Forecasting Progressive Trends in Keratoconus by Means of a Time Delay Neural Network by Marta Jiménez-García, Ikram Issarti, Elke O. Kreps, Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill, Carina Koppen, David Varssano, Jos J. Rozema, on behalf of The REDCAKE Study Group

“…Data from 743 patients measured by Pentacam (Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany) were available, and they were filtered and preprocessed to data quality needs. …”
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Influence of overnight orthokeratology on tear film and meibomian glands in myopic children: a prospective study by Jing Ruan, Yu Zhang, Yueguo Chen

“…Tear film stability and meibomian gland status were measured using a Keratograph 5M (Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany). Paired t-tests and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were used to compare the data between the two groups. …”
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Palm Foliage as Pathways of Pathogenic <i>Botryosphaeriaceae</i> Fungi and Host of New <i>Lasiodiplodia</i> Species from Mexico by Clovis Douanla-Meli, Andreas Scharnhorst

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Toric intraocular lens implantation in cataract patients with corneal opacity by Ho Ra, Ho Sik Hwang, Hyun Seung Kim, Man Soo Kim, Eun Chul Kim

“…Preoperative total corneal astigmatism was determined considering posterior astigmatism using a rotating Scheimpflug camera (Pentacam®: Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany). At 2 months after toric intraocular lens implantation, we evaluated residual astigmatism, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA). …”
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Changes in corneal densitometry after long-term orthokeratology for myopia and short-term discontinuation. by Lianghui Zhao, Lili Jing, Jie Li, Xianli Du

“…Corneal densitometry was performed using Pentacam (Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany) at each follow-up timepoint. Repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to compare the parameters before and after orthokeratology.…”
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Impact of tear optics on the repeatability of Pentacam AXL wave and iTrace in measuring anterior segment parameters and aberrations by GairikKundu, RohitShetty, PoojaKhamar, SnehaGupta, RitikaMullick, Vaitheeswaran L Ganesan, SharonD'Souza

“…They underwent optical quality analyzer (OQAS, Visio metrics S.L, Terrassa, Spain) to assess objective scatter index (OSI), three scans each on Pentacam AXL wave (OCULUS Optikgerate Gmbh, Wetzlar, Germany), iTrace (Tracey™ Technologies, Texas, USA) for flat, steep keratometry, thinnest corneal thickness, root mean square higher-order aberrations (RMS HOA), RMS lower-order aberrations (LOA), spherical aberrations, RMS COMA. …”
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PECULIARITIES OF MORPHO-ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF GYPSYWORT (LYCOPUS EUROPAEUS L.) IN RESPONSE TO TREATMENT WITH SILICON-BASED MICROFERTILIZER by Olga M. Savchenko, Nikita I. Kovalev

“…The anatomical method of analysis included microscopy and microphotography. A 9x Ernst Zeits Wetzlar light microscope and a 14.0 Mp USB 2.0 C-Mount camera were used for the study. …”
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Assessing the Quality and Potential Efficacy of Commercial Extracts of Rhodiola rosea L. by Analyzing the Salidroside and Rosavin Content and the Electrophysiological Activity in H... by Wilfried Dimpfel, Leonie Schombert, Alexander G. Panossian

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Differences in corneal clinical findings after standard and accelerated cross-linking in patients with progressive keratoconus by Karsten U. Kortuem, Efstathios Vounotrypidis, Alexandros Athanasiou, Michael Müller, Alexander Babenko, Christoph Kern, Siegfried Priglinger, Wolfgang J. Mayer

“…One hundred forty-eight eyes were treated with the accelerated protocol and 138 with the standard protocol with epithelial off CXL, if diagnosed with keratoconus and a progression in Kmax of more than one dioptre during the preceding 6 months, plus a minimal pachymetry measurement of 400 μm in keratometry (Pentacam, Oculus GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany). Exclusion criteria were previous surgery, other corneal conditions or age above 50 years. …”
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Pachymetric Assessment After EpiSmart&reg; Epithelium-on Cross-Linking for Keratoconus and Post-Surgical Ectasia by Vaidya NS, Daneshmand A, Epstein RJ, Majmudar PA, Belin MW, Parsons EC, Rubinfeld RS

“…Thinnest pachymetry readings based on Pentacam (OCULUS GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany) were recorded.Results: A total of 101 eyes met the study inclusion criteria. …”
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Assessing ectasia susceptibility prior to LASIK: the role of age and residual stromal bed (RSB) in conjunction to Belin-Ambrósio deviation index (BAD-D) by Renato Ambrósio Jr, Isaac Ramos, Bernardo Lopes, Ana Laura Caiado Canedo, Rosane Correa, Frederico Guerra, Allan Luz, Francis W. Price Jr, Marianne O. Price, Steven Schallhor, Michael W. Belin

“…Preoperative clinical and Pentacam (Oculus; Wetzlar, Germany) data were obtained from all cases. …”
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Transepithelial Iontophoresis-Assisted Cross Linking for Progressive Keratoconus: Up to 7 Years of Follow Up by Riccardo Vinciguerra, Emanuela F Legrottaglie, Costanza Tredici, Cosimo Mazzotta, Pietro Rosetta, Paolo Vinciguerra

“…Corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), spherical equivalent and cylinder refraction, corneal topography and aberrometry (Costruzione Strumenti Oftalmici (C.S.O.), Florence, Italy), Scheimpflug tomography (OCULUS Optikgeräte GmbH; Wetzlar, Germany). Definition of progression after I-CXL was 2/3 of the following criteria: increase of “A” value, increase of “B” value, decrease of minimal thickness evaluated with the ABCD progression display above 95% confidence interval for post-CXL population when compared to the scan 12 months post-op. …”
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Safety and Performance of the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Detection Algorithm INSIGHT^TM in Pacemaker Patients by Kay F. Weipert, Srdjan Kostic, Timur Gökyildirim, Victoria Johnson, Ritvan Chasan, Christopher Gemein, Josef Rosenbauer, Damir Erkapic, Jörn Schmitt

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Predicting Keratoconus Progression and Need for Corneal Crosslinking Using Deep Learning by Naoko Kato, Hiroki Masumoto, Mao Tanabe, Chikako Sakai, Kazuno Negishi, Hidemasa Torii, Hitoshi Tabuchi, Kazuo Tsubota

“…Two hundred and seventy-four corneal tomography images taken by Pentacam HR^® (Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany) of 158 keratoconus patients were examined. …”
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