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 …

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 …

Pre-training without natural images

H Kataoka, K Okayasu, A Matsumoto… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Is it possible to use convolutional neural networks pre-trained without any natural images to
assist natural image understanding? The paper proposes a novel concept, Formula-driven …

Impact of multiple en face image averaging on quantitative assessment from optical coherence tomography angiography images

A Uji, S Balasubramanian, J Lei, E Baghdasaryan… - Ophthalmology, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate the impact of multiple en face image averaging on quantitative
measurements of the retinal microvasculature using optical coherence tomography …

Biomarkers of neovascular activity in age-related macular degeneration using optical coherence tomography angiography

M Al-Sheikh, NA Iafe, N Phasukkijwatana, SVR Sadda… - Retina, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To study the qualitative and quantitative features of choroidal neovascular (NV)
membranes in age-related macular degeneration using optical coherence tomography …

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 …

Fractals in pathology

SS Cross - The Journal of Pathology: A Journal of the …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Many natural objects, including most objects studied in pathology, have complex structural
characteristics and the complexity of their structures, for example the degree of branching of …

Progress towards automated diabetic ocular screening: a review of image analysis and intelligent systems for diabetic retinopathy

T Teng, M Lefley, D Claremont - Medical and Biological Engineering and …, 2002 - Springer
Patients with diabetes require annual screening for effective timing of sight-saving treatment.
However, the lack of screening and the shortage of ophthalmologists limit the ocular health …

The retinal vasculature as a fractal: methodology, reliability, and relationship to blood pressure

G Liew, JJ Wang, N Cheung, YP Zhang, W Hsu… - Ophthalmology, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Fractals represent a type of derived geometric pattern that permits the
characterization of the branching pattern of retinal vessels. We examined a new …

Multifractal analysis of human retinal vessels

T Stosic, BD Stosic - IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, it is shown that vascular structures of the human retina represent geometrical
multifractals, characterized by a hierarchy of exponents rather then a single fractal …