ArticleJournal of ophthalmic & vision research
Distribution of Different Sized Ocular Surface Vessels in Diabetics and Normal Individuals.
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- Clinical Significance of Conjunctival Microvascular Density in Diabetic Retinopathy: A Multimodal Correlation Study Based on Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography.Journal of diabetes research · 2026Article
- Alterations of the ocular surface during diabetes: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies.International ophthalmology · 2025Review
- Detection of signs of disease in external photographs of the eyes via deep learning.Nature biomedical engineering · 2022Article
- An Analysis of the Areas Occupied by Vessels in the Ocular Surface of Diabetic Patients: An Application of a Nonparametric Tilted Additive Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Functional slit lamp biomicroscopy metrics correlate with cardiovascular risk.The ocular surface · 2019Article
- Rubeosis faciei diabeticorum is not associated with oxidative stress and skin autofluorescence.Anais brasileiros de dermatologiaArticle
- Erratum: Distribution of Different Sized Ocular Surface Vessels in Diabetics and Normal Individuals.Journal of ophthalmic & vision researchArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo compare the distribution of different sized vessels using digital photographs of the ocular surface of diabetic and normal individuals.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, red-free conjunctival photographs of diabetic and normal individuals, aged 30-60 years, were taken under defined conditions and analyzed using a Radon transform-based algorithm for vascular segmentation. The image areas occupied by vessels (AOV) of different diameters were calculated. The main outcome measure was the distribution curve of mean AOV of different sized vessels. Secondary outcome measures included total AOV and standard deviation (SD) of AOV of different sized vessels.
resultsTwo hundred and sixty-eight diabetic patients and 297 normal (control) individuals were included, differing in age (45.50 ± 5.19 vs. 40.38 ± 6.19 years,
conclusionPresence of diabetes mellitus is associated with contraction of larger vessels in the conjunctiva. Smaller vessels dilate with diabetic retinopathy. These findings may be useful in the photographic screening of diabetes mellitus and retinopathy.
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