Title |
Fractal-based analysis of optical coherence tomography data to quantify retinal tissue damage
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Published in |
BMC Bioinformatics, September 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2105-15-295 |
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Authors |
Gábor Márk Somfai, Erika Tátrai, Lenke Laurik, Boglárka E Varga, Vera Ölvedy, William E Smiddy, Robert Tchitnga, Anikó Somogyi, Delia Cabrera DeBuc |
Abstract |
The sensitivity of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) images to identify retinal tissue morphology characterized by early neural loss from normal healthy eyes is tested by calculating structural information and fractal dimension. OCT data from 74 healthy eyes and 43 eyes with type 1 diabetes mellitus with mild diabetic retinopathy (MDR) on biomicroscopy was analyzed using a custom-built algorithm (OCTRIMA) to measure locally the intraretinal layer thickness. A power spectrum method was used to calculate the fractal dimension in intraretinal regions of interest identified in the images. ANOVA followed by Newman-Keuls post-hoc analyses were used to test for differences between pathological and normal groups. A modified p value of <0.001 was considered statistically significant. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed to describe the ability of each parameter to discriminate between eyes of pathological patients and normal healthy eyes. |
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