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Methodology

A novel scale for describing corneal staining

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Pages 2369-2375 | Published online: 19 Nov 2018

Figures & data

Figure 1 Schematic illustrating the five corneal zones.

Notes: C, central zone; S, superior zone; N, nasal zone; I, inferior zone; T, temporal zone.
Figure 1 Schematic illustrating the five corneal zones.

Table 1 CORE staining grade for the type of fluorescein staining, 0–100 integer scale

Figure 2 Image reference for staining types.

Figure 2 Image reference for staining types.

Figure 3 The blue outline illustrates the extent to be allocated to punctate stain, extent=20.

Figure 3 The blue outline illustrates the extent to be allocated to punctate stain, extent=20.

Table 2 CORE staining grade for the depth of corneal staining, 0–4 integer scale

Figure 4 An example of a clinical recording table for CORE corneal staining scale.

Abbreviations: CORE, Centre for Ocular Research & Education; T, type; D, depth; E, extent.
Figure 4 An example of a clinical recording table for CORE corneal staining scale.

Figure 5 An example of staining and the representative ZSSs and GSS.

Abbreviations: ZSS, zone staining score; GSS, global staining score; CZSS, central ZSS; SZSS, superior ZSS; NZSS, nasal ZSS; IZSS, inferior ZSS; TZSS, temporal ZSS.
Figure 5 An example of staining and the representative ZSSs and GSS.