Accuracy and reliability of orthogonal polynomials in representing corneal topography  

作　　者：Junjie Wang Xuefei Li Zheng Wang Pinakin G.Davey Yiyu Li Lanting Yang Mao Lin Xiaobo Zheng Fangjun Bao Ahmed Elsheikh 

机构地区：[1]Eye Hospital,Wenzhou Medical University,Wenzhou,China [2]The Institution of Ocular Biomechanics,Wenzhou Medical University,Wenzhou,China [3]College of Optometry,Western University of Health Sciences,Pomona,CA,USA [4]School of Engineering,University of Liverpool,Liverpool,UK [5]National Institute for Health Research(NIHR)Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology,Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology,London,UK [6]Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering,Beihang University,Beijing,China [7]No.270 Xueyuan West Road,Wenzhou City,Zhejiang Province,325027,China

出　　处：《Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices》2022年第3期124-133,共10页医学中新技术与新装备（英文）

基　　金：This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[82001924,31771020];the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China[LY22H180005,LY20H120001,LQ20A020008];the Science and Technology Plan Project of Wenzhou Science and Technology Bureau[Y20180172];the Projects of Medical and Health Technology Development Program in Zhejiang Province[2019RC056];A Project Supported by Scientific Research Fund of Zhejiang Provincial Education Department[Y201839651].The study sponsors had no role in the study design;collection,analysis,and interpretation of data;the writing of the manuscript;the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

摘　　要：Fitting of corneal topography data to analytical surfaces has been necessary in many clinical and experimental applications,yet absolute superiority of fitting methods was still unclear,and their overfitting risks were not well studied.This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of orthogonal polynomials as fitting routines to represent corneal topography.Four orthogonal polynomials,namely,Zernike polynomials(ZPs),pseudo-Zernike polynomials(PZPs),Gaussian-Hermite polynomials(GHPs)and Orthogonal Fourier-Mellin polynomials(OFMPs),were employed to fit anterior and posterior corneal topographies collected from 200 healthy and 174 keratoconic eyes using Pentacam topographer.The fitting performance of these polynomials were compared,and the potential overfitting risks were assessed through a prediction exercise.The results showed that,except for low orders,the fitting performance differed little among polynomials with orders10 regarding surface reconstruction(RMSEs~0.3μm).Anterior surfaces of normal corneas were fitted more efficiently,followed by those of keratoconic corneas,then posterior corneal surfaces.The results,however,revealed an alarming fact that all polynomials tended to overfit the data beyond certain orders.GHPs,closely followed by ZPs,were the most robust in predicting unmeasured surface locations;while PZPs and especially OFMPs overfitted the surfaces drastically.Order 10 appeared to be optimum for corneal surfaces with 10-mm diameter,ensuring accurate reconstruction and avoiding overfitting.The optimum order however varied with topography diameters and data resolutions.The study concluded that continuing to use ZPs as fitting routine for most topography maps,or using GHPs instead,remains a good choice.Choosing polynomial orders close to the topography diameters(millimeters)is generally suggested to ensure both reconstruction accuracy and prediction reliability and avoid overfitting for both normal and complex(e.g.,keratoconic)corneal surfaces.

关 键 词：Corneal topography Orthogonal polynomials Optimum order OVERFITTING PENTACAM 

分 类 号：O17[理学—数学]