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Br J Ophthalmol 88:1434-1438 doi:10.1136/bjo.2004.045534
  • Clinical science
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Incremental nature of anterior eye grading scales determined by objective image analysis

Table 2

 Image analysis standard deviation (SD) of repeated measures and discrimination (SD of repeated measures divided by the scale range) of edge detection (% coverage) and relative colouration (%) for the Annunziato, Efron, CCLRU, and Vistakon-Synoptik grading scales

SD repeated measures Discrimination (%)
Edge detection Colouration Edges detection Colouration
Bulbar hyperaemia Annunziato 0.15 0.07 0.4 0.4
Efron 0.32 0.01 0.5 0.2
CCLRU 0.07 0.14 0.4 0.5
Vistakon 1.77 0.01 8.6 4.3
Palpebral hyperaemia Annunziato 0.24 0.07 3.5 0.6
Efron 0.84 0.12 5.6 1.1
CCLRU 0.09 0.07 0.5 0.5
Vistakon 1.93 0.01 9.5 6.1
Palpebral roughness CCLRU white light 2.36 0.36 5.7 1.3
CCLRU Nafl 0.90 0.48 3.8 6.7
Vistakon 0.36 0.27 0.1 1.9
Corneal staining Annunziato 0.08 0.01 0.6 0.4
Efron 0.34 0.02 1.6 0.4
CCLRU 0.66 0.18 4.4 4.1
Vistakon 0.24 0.01 1.7 3.0

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