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ReviewCommunications biology2023

In-vivo corneal confocal microscopy: Imaging analysis, biological insights and future directions.

Jeremy Chung Bo Chiang, Maitreyee Roy, Juno Kim, Maria Markoulli, Arun V Krishnan

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In one paragraph

Review in Communications biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
10.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Clinical anatomy: cornea and ocular surface.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jeremy Chung Bo ChiangSchool of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6133-7411
Maitreyee RoySchool of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Juno KimSchool of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1300-9875
Maria MarkoulliSchool of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Arun V KrishnanSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. arun.krishnan@unsw.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-8883-8825
UNSW Sydney · AUAston University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In-vivo corneal confocal microscopy is a powerful imaging technique which provides clinicians and researcher with the capabilities to observe microstructures at the ocular surfaces in significant detail. In this Mini Review, the optics and image analysis methods with the use of corneal confocal microscopy are discussed. While novel insights of neuroanatomy and biology of the eyes, particularly the ocular surface, have been provided by corneal confocal microscopy, some debatable elements observed using this technique remain and these are explored in this Mini Review. Potential improvements in imaging methodology and instrumentation are also suggested.

Indexed as

CorneaMicroscopy, Confocal

Identifiers

PMID37336941
PMCPMC10279669
OpenAlexW4381250296

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