title: Screening patients with the corneal navigator.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a corneal topography screening device for the detection of corneal ectasias and various refractive procedures based on corneal topography patterns.
  
  
  METHODS
  A database of corneal topography patterns were analyzed and used to "train" a neural network on nine different corneal topography patterns using nineteen corneal topography indices of corneal shape and power.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sample normal and corneal topographies were recognized correctly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of the corneal navigator to screen various corneal topographies aids clinical diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Lions Eye Research Laboratories, LSU Eye Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. sklyce@klyce.com
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Klyce
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Karon
authors.forename: Michael K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Smolek
mesh_terms: D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019781:Corneal Topography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans