Clinical validation of an automatic system to categorize tear film lipid layer patterns

M J Giráldez, C García-Resúa, H Pena-Verdeal, J Garcia-Queiruga, and E Yebra-Pimentel
Departament of Applied Physics (Optometry Area), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Dedicated to Prof Jay M Enoch

This paper deals with validation of clinical performance of the objective application iDEAS (Dry Eye Assessment System) to categorize different zones of tear film lipid layer patterns (LLPs). All procedures followed the Declaration of Helsinki, and the protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Santiago de Compostela. The authors report no conflicts of interest and have no proprietary interest in any of the materials mentioned in this article. © Anita Publications. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Microsaccades, Preferential looking, Visual search, Latency, Priming, Eye movements.

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