[HTML][HTML] Noninvasive hemoglobin sensing and imaging: optical tools for disease diagnosis

M Taylor-Williams, G Spicer, G Bale… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance: Measurement and imaging of hemoglobin oxygenation are used extensively in
the detection and diagnosis of disease; however, the applied instruments vary widely in their …

Microvascular alteration in COVID-19 documented by nailfold capillaroscopy

L Mondini, P Confalonieri, R Pozzan, L Ruggero… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 is a multisystemic disease that mainly affects and causes dysregulation of the
endothelium, causing systemic manifestations. A nailfold video capillaroscopy is a safe …

Opening a window to skin biomarkers for diabetes stage with optoacoustic mesoscopy

H He, NA Fasoula, A Karlas, M Omar… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
Being the largest and most accessible organ of the human body, the skin could offer a
window to diabetes-related complications on the microvasculature. However, skin …

[HTML][HTML] High-resolution functional photoacoustic monitoring of vascular dynamics in human fingers

J Ahn, JY Kim, W Choi, C Kim - Photoacoustics, 2021 - Elsevier
Functional imaging of microvascular dynamics in extremities delivers intuitive information for
early detection, diagnosis, and prognosis of vascular diseases. High-resolution and high …

Nailfold capillaroscopy in rheumatology: ready for the daily use but with care in terminology

M Cutolo, S Paolino, V Smith - Clinical Rheumatology, 2019 - Springer
With the recent inclusion of nailfold capillaroscopy (NVC) in the 2013 ACR/EULAR
classification criteria for systemic sclerosis (SSc), together with the assessed role in …

DA-Capnet: dual attention deep learning based on U-Net for nailfold capillary segmentation

YS Hariyani, H Eom, C Park - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automatic nailfold capillary segmentation is a challenging task owing to noise and large
variabilities in images caused by insufficient focusing and low visibility of the capillaries. This …

Segmenting nailfold capillaries using an improved U-net network

S Liu, Y Li, J Zhou, J Hu, N Chen, Y Shang… - Microvascular …, 2020 - Elsevier
To assess the microcirculation in a patient's capillaries, clinicians often use the valuable and
non-invasive diagnostic tool of nailfold capillaroscopy (NC). In particular, evaluating the …

Association of crossing capillaries in the finger nailfold with diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus

M Shikama, N Sonoda, A Morimoto… - Journal of diabetes …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aims/Introduction Crossing capillaries in the finger nailfold might potentially be a
novel diabetic retinopathy (DR) biomarker that could be assessed non‐invasively in the …

Nail folds capillaries abnormalities associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus progression and correlation with diabetic retinopathy

DM Abd EL-Khalik, EA Hafez… - Clinical Medicine …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is an important microvascular consequence of long-
term type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and it can lead to blindness if not properly diagnosed …

[HTML][HTML] Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy in Patients with COVID-19-associated Pneumonia in Intensive Care Units.

S Karahan, K Aydin, A Cetinkaya, HA Sirakaya - Age, 2022 - jcpsp.pk
Objective: To compare patients with COVID-19 in intensive care units (ICUs) to healthy
controls using nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC), offering standardised findings about …