Automated assessment of absolute nailfold capillary number on videocapillaroscopic images: Proof of principle and validation in systemic sclerosis.

Maurizio CutoloAmelia C TrombettaKarin MelsensCarmen PizzorniAlberto SulliBarbara RuaroSabrina PaolinoEllen DeschepperVanessa Smith

Published in: Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) (2019)

The validation of an automated software for measuring absolute nailfold capillary number and density in SSc was achieved. The integration into the pre-existing imaging software should make the assessment of the capillary number in NVC easier, quicker, and standardized.

Keyphrases

systemic sclerosis
interstitial lung disease
deep learning
high resolution
machine learning
convolutional neural network
mass spectrometry
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis