title: Automatic assessment of tear film break-up dynamics.
abstract: Dry eye syndrome is a common disorder of the tear film which affects a remarkable percentage of the population. The Break-Up Time (BUT) is a clinical test used for the diagnosis of this disease, which computes the time the first tear film break-up appears. This work describes a fully automatic methodology to compute the BUT measurement and evaluate the break-up dynamics until the final blink. This analysis provides useful additional information for the assessment of tear film stability.
authors.affiliation: VARPA Group, Departamento de Computación, Facultade de Informática, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: VARPA Group, Departamento de Computación, Facultade de Informática, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barreira
authors.affiliation: Optometry Group, Departamento de Física Aplicada, Facultade de Óptica e Optometría, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Universitario Sur, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pena-Verdeal
authors.affiliation: Optometry Group, Departamento de Física Aplicada, Facultade de Óptica e Optometría, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Universitario Sur, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Giráldez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015352:Dry Eye Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D000069550:Machine Learning; D008297:Male; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013666:Tears / Q000166:cytology*; D014741:Video Recording / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult