A Multiscale Decomposition Approach to Detect Abnormal Vasculature in the Optic Disc

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the leading causes of blindness in the world [6]. The disease is asymptomatic in its early stages and can be best managed by the patient by maintaining tight blood sugar and blood pressure control. However, as the disease progresses, it can become sight threatening. Studies [4,17] have demonstrated that 50% of type I diabetics and 20% of patients with type II diabetes will progress to advanced stages of DR some time in their lives. One of these advanced stages is proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR).

Source: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics - January 20, 2015 Category: Radiology Authors: Carla Agurto, Honggang Yu, Victor Murray, Marios S. Pattichis, Sheila Nemeth, Simon Barriga, Peter Soliz Source Type: research