Deep learning in ophthalmic and orbital ultrasound for spaceflight associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS)

Mouayad Masalkhi¹, Joshua Ong², Ethan Waisberg^{3

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Affiliations

¹ University College Dublin School of Medicine, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland. mouayad.masalkhi@ucdconnect.ie.
² Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
⁴ Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
⁵ Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
⁶ The Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
⁷ Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
⁸ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
⁹ University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
¹⁰ Texas A&M College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA.
¹¹ Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA.

Case Reports

Mouayad Masalkhi et al. Eye (Lond). 2024 May.

. 2024 May;38(7):1397.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-023-02877-2. Epub 2023 Dec 22.

Mouayad Masalkhi¹, Joshua Ong², Ethan Waisberg^{3

4}, Andrew G Lee^{5

6

7

8

9

10

11}

¹ University College Dublin School of Medicine, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland. mouayad.masalkhi@ucdconnect.ie.
² Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
⁴ Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
⁵ Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
⁶ The Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
⁷ Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
⁸ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
⁹ University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
¹⁰ Texas A&M College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA.
¹¹ Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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