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Smartphone-Enabled versus Conventional Otoscopy in Detecting Middle Ear Disease: A Meta-Analysis

Diagnostics, 2022
Traditional otoscopy has some limitations, including poor visualization and inadequate time for evaluation in suboptimal environments. Smartphone-enabled otoscopy may improve examination quality and serve as a potential diagnostic tool for middle ear ...
Chih-Hao Chen, Chii-Yuan Huang, Yuan-Chia Chu   +2 more
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Expert recommendations on collection and annotation of otoscopy images for intelligent medicine

Intelligent Medicine, 2022
Middle and outer ear diseases are common otological diseases worldwide. Otoscopy and otoendoscopy examinations are essential first steps in the evaluation of patients with otological diseases. Misdiagnosis often occurs when the doctor lacks experience in
Hongzheng Zhang, Suijun Chen
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Development of video otoscopy quiz using a smartphone adaptable otoscope

Journal of Otology, 2021
Background: Otoscopy examination can be challenging. Traditional teaching uses still image illustrations. Newer attempts use video samples to simulate the otoscopy exam which is a dynamic process.Aims/Objective: To assess whether recorded otoscopy videos
Jacob R Brodsky, Garrett Ni, MD, MS, Ksenia A Aaron   +2 more
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Confidence-guided integration of otoscopy videos and tympanometry for middle ear disease diagnosis: A multi-center otoscopy study with external paired-cohort evaluation. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Accurate diagnosis of middle ear diseases using otoscopy remains challenging, particularly in primary care settings where clinician experience with otoscopy varies and visual examination alone may not fully capture middle ear physiology.
Hao Lu, Carl D Langefeld, Amy Zinnia, Muhammet Fatih Demir, Shalaka Chavan, Charles A Elmaraghy, Margaret Wilson, Muhammad Khalid Khan Niazi, Aaron C Moberly, Metin N Gurcan   +9 more
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Pediatric Cholesteatoma Presenting as Persistent Otorrhea: A Case of Delayed Diagnosis Across Multiple ENT Specialists. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Pediatric cholesteatoma is an aggressive but uncommon middle ear condition characterized by keratinizing squamous epithelium that can progressively erode adjacent structures. It is associated with faster bone destruction and higher recurrence rates in children than adults, and its symptoms often resemble chronic otitis media, which may delay ...
Elshani A, Sijarina L, Alqaisi O, Stublla M, Grabovci L, Hysenaj M, Bytyçi D, Sylqa A, Latifi X, Al-Sheyab S, Tai P.   +10 more
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LUCID: Intelligent Informative Frame Selection in Otoscopy for Enhanced Diagnostic Utility [PDF]

Diagnostics
Background/Objectives: Accurate diagnosis of middle ear disease remains challenging because otoscopic interpretation is subjective, while many artificial intelligence models depend on manually selected still frames from video examinations.
Hao Lu, Muhammet F. Demir, Gabriella I. Puchall, Zian Shang, Tucker Corwen, Shalaka Chavan, Carl D. Langefeld, Amy Zinnia, Delal Seker, Muhammad Khalid Khan Niazi, Aaron C. Moberly, Metin N. Gurcan   +11 more
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Watchful Waiting Compared With Immediate Antibiotics for Urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children With Uncomplicated Acute Otitis Media (WATCH): A Non-Inferiority Randomised Controlled Trial. [PDF]

Med J Aust
ABSTRACT Objective Determine whether watchful waiting is non‐inferior to immediate oral antibiotics for uncomplicated acute otitis media among urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Study Type Non‐inferiority unblinded randomised controlled trial.
Reath JS, Gunasekera H, Lujic S, Leach AJ, Campbell L, Walsh R, Usherwood T, Spurling GK, Tyson CA, Askew DA, Kong K, Watego CJ, Morris P, Hu W, Abbott PA.   +14 more
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Image-based deep learning in otology: a state-of-the-art review [PDF]

Frontiers in Neurology
ObjectiveDeep learning (DL), a core branch of artificial intelligence (AI), has revolutionized medical image analysis. Driven by advances in computational power and access to large-scale datasets, DL excels at extracting hierarchical features from ...
Sining Wu, Yating Liao, Zhenhua Li
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StyleGAN-based synthetic image augmentation for multi-class otoscopy image classification [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Accurate diagnosis of eardrum abnormalities is pivotal for effectively managing various ear conditions. Otoscopy, a non-invasive diagnostic procedure, provides detailed views of the ear canal and eardrum to identify pathologies such as otitis media ...
Seda Camalan, Carl D. Langefeld, Amy Zinnia, Aaron C. Moberly, Metin N. Gurcan   +4 more
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Digital otoscopy in remote consultations

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology
Introduction Otoscopes and otomicroscopes are the most commonly used instruments for visualizing the ear. Digital otoscopy (DO) could be used to improve diagnostics in primary health care by utilizing image enlargement.
Erik Appelberg, Sanna Viitasalo, Lena Hafrén, Juha Laakso, Samuli Suutarla, Erkki Hopsu, Saku T. Sinkkonen   +6 more
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