SMTube Publications

28 peer-reviewed original articles on strip meniscometry (SMTube), newest first. Click a title to open the publisher’s page (DOI).

Human (ophthalmology): 18

  1. Ayaki M, Torii H, Yotsukura E, et al. Sex differences in the relationship between axial length and dry eye in elderly patients. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023;10:1170696.
  2. Miyasaka K, Ayaki M, Negishi K. Tear Strip Meniscometry and Its Clinical Application: Analysis of More Than 2000 Cases. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2022;11(5):3.
  3. Wang Y, Xu Z, Gong Q, et al. The Role of Different Tear Volume Detection Methods in the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Mild Dry Eye Disease. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2022;11(3):15.
  4. Hao Y, Tian L, Cao K, et al. Repeatability and Reproducibility of SMTube Measurement in Dry Eye Disease Patients. J Ophthalmol. 2021;2021:1589378.
  5. Schulze K, Großjohann R, Paul S, et al. Streifenmeniskometrie und Schirmer-Test. Ophthalmologe. 2021;118(6):561-568.
  6. Alshammeri S, Madden L, Hagan S, et al. Strip meniscometry tube: a rapid method for assessing aqueous deficient dry eye. Clin Exp Optom. 2020;103(4):469-473.
  7. Negishi K, Ayaki M, Uchino M, et al. Strip Meniscometry Correlates With Ocular Surface Tests and Symptoms. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2020;9(12):31.
  8. Osawa I, Esaka Y, Kojima T, et al. Feasibility of Strip Meniscometry for Tear Volume Evaluation in Lacrimal Passage Obstruction. Diagnostics (Basel). 2020;10(4):179.
  9. Rashid MAKM, Thia ZZ, Teo CHY, et al. Evaluation of Strip Meniscometry and Association with Clinical and Demographic Variables in a Community Eye Study (in Bangladesh). J Clin Med. 2020;9(10):3366.
  10. Ayaki M, Tachi N, Hashimoto Y, et al. Diurnal variation of human tear meniscus volume measured with tear strip meniscometry self-examination. PLoS One. 2019;14(4):e0215922.
  11. Ishikawa S, Shoji T, Yamada N, et al. Efficacy of Strip Meniscometry for Detecting Lacrimal Obstructive Diseases Among Patients With Epiphora. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2019;8(6):8.
  12. Sagara H, Sekiryu T, Imaizumi K, et al. Impact of tear metrics on the reliability of perimetry in patients with dry eye. PLoS One. 2019;14(9):e0222467.
  13. Singh A, Vanathi M, Kishore A, et al. Evaluation of strip meniscometry, tear meniscus height and depth in the diagnosis of dry eye disease in asian Indian eyes. Ocul Surf. 2019;17(4):747-752.
  14. Ishikawa S, Takeuchi M, Kato N. The combination of strip meniscometry and dry eye–related quality-of-life score is useful for dry eye screening during health checkup. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018;97(43):e12969.
  15. Shinzawa M, Dogru M, Miyasaka K, et al. Application of CASIA SS-1000 Optical Coherence Tomography Tear Meniscus Imaging in Testing the Efficacy of New Strip Meniscometry in Dry Eye Diagnosis. Eye Contact Lens. 2018;44(1):S44-S49.
  16. Lee KW, Kim JY, Chin HS, et al. Assessment of the Tear Meniscus by Strip Meniscometry and Keratograph in Patients With Dry Eye Disease According to the Presence of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction. Cornea. 2017;36(2):189-195.
  17. Ibrahim OMA, Dogru M, Ward SK, et al. The Efficacy, Sensitivity, and Specificity of Strip Meniscometry in Conjunction with Tear Function Tests in the Assessment of Tear Meniscus. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011;52(5):2194.
  18. Dogru M, Ishida K, Matsumoto Y, et al. Strip Meniscometry: A New and Simple Method of Tear Meniscus Evaluation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006;47(5):1895.

Basic research (mice): 2

  1. Dogru M, Kojima T, Nagata T, et al. Strip Meniscometry Tube in the Assessment of Tear Lactoferrin in Non-Obese Diabetic (NOD) Mice. Applied Sciences. 2022;12(7):3700.
  2. Shinzawa M, Dogru M, Miyasaka K, et al. The Application of Strip Meniscometry to the Evaluation of Tear Volume in Mice. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2019;60(6):2088.

Veterinary ophthalmology: 8

  1. Silva PHS, Cruz LKS, Ferreira BM, et al. Evaluating the aqueous portion of tears in shih tzu dogs: comparing Schirmer tear test 1 with tear meniscus height. Arq Bras Med Vet Zootec. 2024;76(5):e12965.
  2. Nascimento FF, Passareli JVGC, Zulim LFC, et al. Comparison of strip meniscometry and Schirmer tear test results and tear film breakup time between healthy dogs and dogs with dry eye disease. Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2023;86(4).
  3. Kovalcuka L, Sarpio L, Malniece A. Schirmer tear test and strip meniscometry in healthy cats. Open Vet J. 2021;11(4):695.
  4. Bolzanni H, Oriá AP, Raposo ACS, et al. Aqueous tear assessment in dogs: Impact of cephalic conformation, inter‐test correlations, and test‐retest repeatability. Vet Ophthalmol. 2020;23(3):534-543.
  5. Miyasaka K, Kazama Y, Iwashita H, et al. A novel strip meniscometry method for measuring aqueous tear volume in dogs: Clinical correlations with the Schirmer tear and phenol red thread tests. Vet Ophthalmol. 2019;22(6):864-871.
  6. Oriá AP, Raposo ACS, Brito VJSC, et al. Tear meniscometry test in wild animals. Cienc Rural. 2019;49(11):e20181002.
  7. Rajaei SM, Ansari Mood M, Asadi F, et al. Strip meniscometry in dogs, cats, and rabbits. Vet Ophthalmol. 2018;21(2):210-213.
  8. Raposo AC, Portela RD, Masmali A, et al. Evaluation of lacrimal production, osmolarity, crystallization, proteomic profile, and biochemistry of capuchin monkeys’ tear film. J Med Primatol. 2018;47(6):371-378.