@inproceedings{082d41a7da9c4151b6707fd7b09f3d25,
title = "Improved Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis Using Nailfold Capillary Flow",
abstract = "Nailfold capillaroscopy (NC) allows non-invasive imaging of systemic sclerosis (SSc) related microvascular disease. We have developed a state-of-the-art NC system that enables fast, panoramic imaging of the whole nailfold at high-magnification, and incorporates novel software to make fully automated estimates of capillary structure and blood flow velocity. We present the first results of a study in which 50 patients with SSc, 12 with primary Raynauds phenomenon (PRP) and 50 healthy controls (HC) were imaged using the new system, and show that a combined model of capillary measurements strongly separates SSc from HC/PRP (ROC AzAz=0.93). Including capillary flow improves model performance, suggesting flow provides complementary information to capillary structure for diagnosing SSc.",
author = "Michael Berks and Graham Dinsdale and Andrea Murray and Tonia Moore and Ariane Herrick and Christopher Taylor",
year = "2016",
month = oct,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-46726-9_40",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319467252",
volume = "3",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "344--352",
editor = "Sebastien Ourselin and Leo Joskowicz and Sabuncu, {Mert R.} and Gozde Unal and William Wells",
booktitle = "Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention -- MICCAI 2016 : 19th International Conference, Athens, Greece, October 17-21, 2016, Proceedings.",
address = "United States",
}