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Articles tagged "Blink rate"

  • 2026 International Congress

    Automated Facial Movement Analysis for Differentiating True Hemifacial Spasm from Mimicking Facial Movements: A Pilot Study

    S. Maytharakcheep, A. Saeng-Xuto, P. Songthung, D. Surangsrirat, P. Vateekul, R. Bhidayasiri, O. Phokaewvarangkul (Bangkok, Thailand)

    Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of artificial intelligence (AI) for identifying true hemifacial spasm (HFS) from mimicking facial movements. Background: Diagnosis of HFS typically relies…
  • 2024 International Congress

    Eye Blink Rate and Putamen DaTScan Covariation in Parkinson’s Disease

    Q. Salardaine, V. Vasudevan, N. Villain, E. Biondetti, S. Lehéricy, M. Vidailhet, P. Pouget (Paris, France)

    Objective: To examine the relationship between blink rate and DaTScan in Parkinson’s disease. Background: Spontaneous eye-blink rate (BR) is blinking without external triggers. Parkinson's disease…
  • 2024 International Congress

    Free-Viewing Eye Tracking and the Effect of Levodopa in Parkinson’s Disease

    A. Gallagher, H. Elliott, J. Inocentes, C. O'Keeffe, B. Coe, D. Brien, B. White, H. Riek, R. Walsh, T. Lynch, R. Reilly, D. Munoz, C. Fearon (Dublin 7, Ireland)

    Objective: The objective of our study is to determine whether differences in oculomotor function and blink rate correlate to the off-and on- medication state in a cohort of…
  • 2023 International Congress

    Free-viewing eye tracking in Parkinson’s disease and correlation with clinical features

    A. Gallagher, H. Elliott, J. Inocentes, B. Coe, D. Brien, B. White, H. Riek, R. Walsh, T. Lynch, R. Reilly, D. Munoz, C. Fearon (Dublin 7, Ireland)

    Objective: The objective of our study is to determine whether differences in saccade amplitude/velocity in combination with pupillary dynamics and blink rate in a cohort…
  • 2022 International Congress

    Eye closure during tasks in blepharospasm (BSP)

    P. Kassavetis, E. Shamim, K. Gottfried, M. Hallett (Salt Lake City, USA)

    Objective: To quantify modulation of eye closure rates during activities of daily living in individuals with BSP and asymptomatic individuals with and without family history…
  • MDS Virtual Congress 2021

    Eyelid opening apraxia as the first manifestation of Creutzfeldt- Jakob disease with 99mTc-TRODAT-1 brain SPECT study

    G. Fabiani, R. Filho, E. Hummelgen (Cg Sul, Brazil)

    Objective: Our objective is to report a case of sporadic CJD (CJD) in a 57-years-old male patient. It started with severe insomnia followed by eyelid…
  • MDS Virtual Congress 2021

    Rapid blinking as an early clinical marker of Parkinson’s disease

    M. Francis, T. Haque, D. Gallagher, C. Budu, A. Lee, A. Schrag, A. Noyce, C. Simonet (London, United Kingdom)

    Objective: First, to determine the utility of ‘rapid blinking’ compared to spontaneous blinking in the identification of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Second, to identify whether a…
  • MDS Virtual Congress 2020

    Dry Eye and Parkinson’s Disease: A Literature Review

    S. Yaisawang, N. Kasetsuwan, U. Reinprayoon, J. Sringean, R. Bhidayasiri, K. Pongpirul (Bangkok, Thailand)

    Objective: To emphasize the dry eye diseases in Parkinson’s disease patients Background: In a patient with dry eye, ocular surface could have local inflammation and…
  • MDS Virtual Congress 2020

    Deep learning approach for Parkinson’s disease classification from facial expressions: A pilot feasibility study

    O. Phokaewvarangkul, P. Vateekul, D. Surangsrirat, R. Bhidayasiri (Bangkok, Thailand)

    Objective: To apply deep learning and traditional machine learning approaches to images of different facial expressions from patients and controls to aid in the prediction…
  • 2019 International Congress

    Evaluation of corneal parameters in patients with idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

    S. You, KT. Kim, J. Jun, YW. Cho (Daegu, Republic of Korea)

    Objective: To evaluate the blink rate (BR), tear function, and, corneal parameters of patients with iRBD. Background: In patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), dry eye…
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