Automated keratoconus detection using the EyeSys videokeratoscope

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of indices derived from the EyeSys System 2000 in detecting keratoconic corneas. Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Hopital Saint Antoine, Paris VI University, Paris, Methods: Topographies of 208 corneas were evaluated. The corneas were from 8 groups of patients classified by the following diagnoses: normal, regular astigmatism, cataract, radial keratotmy, photorefractive keratectomy, myopic keratomileusis, penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), and keratoconus. Nine statistical indices derived from EyeSys data, 2 Holladay Diagnosis Summary indices (coefficient of uniformity and coefficient of as phercity [Asph]), and our refractive power symmetry index were studied. A training set of 104 corneas was used to determine the most efficient threshold value of each index based on sensitivity and specificity curves. Decision trees combining 2 indices were generated. Sensitivity and specificity were calculated in a validation set composed of the remaining 104 corneas. Results: Based on the results of the training set, the optimum indices were SDSD (standard deviation of the standard deviations of the radii of curvature of each ring) and Asph. In the validation set, the decision tree using these indices featured 88.5% sensitivity and 94.9% specificity the 4 false-positive cases were in corneas in the PKP group of patients. Conclusions: Clinically apparent keratoconus can be detected among normal corneas and irregular corneal shape patterns using the EyeSys System 2000 data and a decision tree combining 2 indices. J Cataract Refract Surg 2000; 26:675- 683 (C) 2000 ASCRS and ESCRS.