TY - JOUR
AU - Bocklitz, Thomas
AB - J. Biophotonics 9, No. 5, 434–435 (2016) / DOI 10.1002/jbio.201670053 Editorial Modern methods of image analysis and processing elevation maps and pachymetry spatial variation are one of the cornerstones of research for biopho- produced a Belin Ambrosio display final D index, tonic diagnostics. Therefore, we decided to devote a which gave better results compared to surface curva- special issue to the topic of image analysis and pro- ture indices for detecting very mild forms of ectasia. cessing in biomedical diagnosis, which turned out to A logistic regression formula, integrating age, resi- be extremely demanding. On the one hand, the area dual stromal bed, significantly improved accuracy, of medical image analysis and processing represents a leading to 100% sensitivity and 94% specificity for very broad concept and its presentation in one special detecting susceptible cases. Other aspects in the bio- issue with a limited length is a difficult task. Espe- mechanics of the cornea are elasticity and viscosity. cially the fact that every photonic techniques requires They were discussed by Wang et al. [454–563]. The adapted image analysis routines complicates a homo- authors analyzed twenty-five patients with keratoco- genous presentation. On the other hand, rapid pro- nus and 34 healthy 
TI - Image Processing in Biomedical Diagnosis
JF - Journal of Biophotonics
DO - 10.1002/jbio.201670053
DA - 2016-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/image-processing-in-biomedical-diagnosis-YLbf3VmqlG
SP - 434
EP - 435
VL - 9
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -