Retinal vascular image analysis as a potential screening tool for cerebrovascular disease: a rationale based on homology between cerebral and retinal …

N Patton, T Aslam, T MacGillivray, A Pattie… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The retinal and cerebral microvasculatures share many morphological and physiological
properties. Assessment of the cerebral microvasculature requires highly specialized and …

Retinal image analysis: concepts, applications and potential

N Patton, TM Aslam, T MacGillivray, IJ Deary… - Progress in retinal and …, 2006 - Elsevier
As digital imaging and computing power increasingly develop, so too does the potential to
use these technologies in ophthalmology. Image processing, analysis and computer vision …

Fractals and cancer

JW Baish, RK Jain - Cancer research, 2000 - AACR
Recent studies have shown that fractal geometry, a vocabulary of irregular shapes, can be
useful for describing the pathological architecture of tumors and, perhaps more surprisingly …

[HTML][HTML] Retinal vascular biomarkers for early detection and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease

S Frost, Y Kanagasingam, H Sohrabi… - Translational …, 2013 - nature.com
The earliest detectable change in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the buildup of amyloid plaque
in the brain. Early detection of AD, prior to irreversible neurological damage, is important for …

[HTML][HTML] Fractal dimensional analysis of optical coherence tomography angiography in eyes with diabetic retinopathy

S Zahid, R Dolz-Marco, KB Freund… - … & visual science, 2016 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose: We used fractal dimensional analysis to analyze retinal vascular disease burden in
eyes with diabetic retinopathy using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography …

Characterization of changes in blood vessel width and tortuosity in retinopathy of prematurity using image analysis

C Heneghan, J Flynn, M O'Keefe, M Cahill - Medical image analysis, 2002 - Elsevier
Many retinal diseases are characterised by changes to retinal vessels. For example, a
common condition associated with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is so-called plus …

Retinal vascular imaging: a new tool in microvascular disease research

G Liew, JJ Wang, P Mitchell… - Circulation: Cardiovascular …, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
The microcirculation is relatively inaccessible to direct visualization and investigation.
Recent methods have been developed which use advanced retinal photographic imaging …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification of vessel density in retinal optical coherence tomography angiography images using local fractal dimension

SGK Gadde, N Anegondi, D Bhanushali… - … & visual science, 2016 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: To evaluate a fully automated local fractal dimension method to quantify vessel
density and foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area in optical coherence tomography angiography …

Fractal analysis of the vascular tree in the human retina

BR Masters - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The retinal circulation of the normal human retinal vasculature is statistically self-
similar and fractal. Studies from several groups present strong evidence that the fractal …

Quantitative and qualitative retinal microvascular characteristics and blood pressure

CY Cheung, WT Tay, P Mitchell, JJ Wang… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objective The present study examined the effects of blood pressure on a spectrum of
quantitative and qualitative retinal microvascular signs. Methods Retinal photographs from …