Publications by authors named "M Kase"
: The purpose of this study was to analyze relevant areas in acute-stage fluorescein angiography (FA) images, predicting the long-term visual prognosis of branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) based on gradient-weighted class activation mapping (Grad-CAM). : This retrospective observational study included 136 eyes with BRVO that were followed up for more than a year post-FA. Cropped grayscale images centered on the fovea (200 × 200 pixels) were manually pre-processed from early-phase FA at the acute phase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Immune cell function is impaired in hyperglycemic patients with diabetes but thought to improve with normalization of blood glucose levels. In this study, we hypothesized that this improvement might involve changes in T cell function. We compared the peripheral T cell markers between the people with and without type 2 diabetes (T2D) admitted to our hospital for glycemic control, and then in patients with T2D before and after the improvement of hyperglycemia by inpatient treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNewborn bloodspot screening (NBS) began in the early 1960s based on the work of Dr. Robert "Bob" Guthrie in Buffalo, NY, USA. His development of a screening test for phenylketonuria on blood absorbed onto a special filter paper and transported to a remote testing laboratory began it all.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To analyze the anatomical choroidal vascular layers in topical treatment-naïve diabetic retinopathy (DR) eyes.
Design: A retrospective, clinical case-control study.
Methods: A total of 328 eyes from 228 patients with treatment-naive DR and 192 eyes matched for axial length from 174 healthy controls were enrolled in the study.