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The scope of this work is to develop a technological platform specialized in assessing retinal vessel caliber and describing the relationship of the results obtained to cardiovascular risk. Population studies conducted have found retinal vessel caliber to be related to the risk of hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, metabolic syndrome, stroke, and coronary artery disease. The vascular system in the human retina has a unique property: it is easily observed in its natural living state in the human retina by the use of a retinal camera. Retinal circulation is an area of active research by numerous groups, and there is general experimental agreement on the analysis of the patterns of the retinal blood vessels in the normal human retina. The development of automated tools designed to improve performance and decrease interobserver variability, therefore, appears necessary.
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Verde, G. et al. (2013). Altair: Automatic Image Analyzer to Assess Retinal Vessel Caliber . In: Burduk, R., Jackowski, K., Kurzynski, M., Wozniak, M., Zolnierek, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer Recognition Systems CORES 2013. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 226. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00969-8_42
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