Fig 1.
Area of the anterior corneal surface in the solid model generated for a specific cornea evaluated in the current study (green) compared to a healthy (blue) and keratoconus cornea (red).
Fig 2.
Area of the cornea within the sagittal plane passing through the Z axis and the highest point (apex) of the posterior corneal surface in a healthy (blue) and keratoconus cornea (red).
Fig 3.
Average distance from the Z axis to the highest point (apex) of the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces in a healthy (blue) and keratoconus cornea (red).
Fig 4.
Average distance in the XY plane from the Z axis to the minimum thickness points (maximum curvature) of the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces in a healthy (blue) and keratoconus cornea (red).
Table 1.
List of acronyms used for the morphogeometric variables of the study.
Table 2.
Summary of the outcomes obtained in control and keratoconus groups.
Table 3.
Summary of the outcomes obtained in control group and keratoconus subgroups according to the stage of severity of the disease.
Fig 5.
Scatterplots showing the relationship between the areas of the anterior corneal surface (Aant) and posterior corneal surface area (Apost).
The adjusting line to the data obtained by means of the least-squares fit is shown.
Table 4.
Summary of the correlations obtained between the geometric parameters of the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces in the control group and keratoconus subgroups according to the stage of severity of the disease.
Table 5.
Summary of model defined for detection of early keratoconus.