Hard attention net for automatic retinal vessel segmentation

D Wang, A Haytham, J Pottenburgh… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automated retinal vessel segmentation is among the most significant application and
research topics in ophthalmologic image analysis. Deep learning based retinal vessel …

Applying artificial intelligence to disease staging: Deep learning for improved staging of diabetic retinopathy

H Takahashi, H Tampo, Y Arai, Y Inoue, H Kawashima - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Purpose Disease staging involves the assessment of disease severity or progression and is
used for treatment selection. In diabetic retinopathy, disease staging using a wide area is …

3D shape modeling and analysis of retinal microvasculature in OCT-angiography images

J Zhang, Y Qiao, MS Sarabi… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
3D optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) is a novel and non-invasive
imaging modality for analyzing retinal diseases. The studies of microvasculature in 2D en …

Artery/vein classification using reflection features in retina fundus images

F Huang, B Dashtbozorg, BMH Romeny - Machine Vision and Applications, 2018 - Springer
Automatic artery/vein (A/V) classification is one of the important topics in retinal image
analysis. It allows the researchers to investigate the association between biomarkers and …

Microvascular phenoty** in the Maastricht Study: design and main findings, 2010–2018

W Li, MT Schram, BM Sörensen… - American journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Microvascular dysfunction (MVD) is a common pathophysiological change that occurs in
various diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), heart failure, dementia, and …

Type 2 diabetes and HbA1c are independently associated with wider retinal arterioles: the Maastricht study

W Li, MT Schram, TTJM Berendschot, CAB Webers… - Diabetologia, 2020 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Retinal microvascular diameters are biomarkers of cardio-metabolic risk.
However, the association of (pre) diabetes with retinal microvascular diameters remains …

[HTML][HTML] Habitual intake of dietary advanced glycation end products is not associated with generalized microvascular function—the Maastricht Study

AMA Linkens, AJHM Houben, AA Kroon… - The American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Endogenously formed advanced glycation end products (AGEs) may be
important drivers of microvascular dysfunction and the microvascular complications of …

Automatic optic disk detection in retinal images using hybrid vessel phase portrait analysis

N Muangnak, P Aimmanee, S Makhanov - Medical & biological …, 2018 - Springer
We propose vessel vector-based phase portrait analysis (VVPPA) and a hybrid between
VVPPA and a clustering method proposed earlier for automatic optic disk (OD) detection …

Associations of between‐and within‐day patterns of physical activity accumulation with arterial stiffness and indices of microvascular health—Evidence from The …

R Lear, B Metcalf, M Hillsdon, B Bond… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
While physical activity (PA) is understood to promote vascular health, little is known about
whether the daily and weekly patterns of PA accumulation associate with vascular health …

Predicting central choroidal thickness from colour fundus photographs using deep learning

Y Arai, H Takahashi, T Takayama, S Yousefi, H Tampo… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The estimation of central choroidal thickness from colour fundus images can improve
disease detection. We developed a deep learning method to estimate central choroidal …