摘要
Recent advances in medical imaging modality have enabled us to identify new features in retinal vasculature. One of the features is retinal vascular tortuosity that has been shown to become a predictive factor for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. The changes in retinal vascular tortuosity might be a sign of severity or improvement of the disease. In this paper, we propose a new method for measuring retinal vascular tortuosity. We adopt a new technique to analyze tortuosity that consider vessel-segment's width simultaneously. Our proposed method measures vessel-segment's tortuosity on its edge. A qualitative assessment shows that the method is appropriate for measuring the tortuosity of the vessels in different widths and directions in the image. Finally, a comparison distinguishing tortuous vs. non tortuous vessels demonstrates that the proposed approach may be suitable for predicting or earlier diagnosis of diabetes or cardiovascular diseases.
- 出版日期2012-4