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Image Analysis and Modeling in Ophthalmology
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Image Analysis and Modeling in Ophthalmology

by Eddie K. Ng, U. Rajendra Acharya, Jasjit S. Suri, Aurelio Campilho
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
409 pages
16h 38m
English
CRC Press
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349A Perspective Review on the Use of In Vivo Confocal Microscopy in the Ocular Surface
Identication of Acanthamoeba keratitis using IVCM was rst described in 1992 and was
suggested to be used as a tool for rapid and successful diagnosis (Chew et al. 1992). The
characteristic round structure of the Acanthamoeba cysts (its inactive form) and hyperre-
ective trophozoites (its active form) are easily recognized in IVCM images (Guthoff et al.
2009; Kumar et al. 2010).
Identication of the causative microorganism for an infection is usually determined by
corneal scraping and culture. However, this process requires special culture media and
may take ...
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ISBN: 9781466559387