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ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2023

Automated Retinal Vessel Analysis Based on Fundus Photographs as a Predictor for Non-Ophthalmic Diseases-Evolution and Perspectives.

Ciprian Danielescu, Marius Gabriel Dabija, Alin Horatiu Nedelcu, Vasile Valeriu Lupu, Ancuta Lupu, Ileana Ioniuc, Georgiana-Emmanuela Gîlcă-Blanariu, Vlad-Constantin Donica, Maria-Luciana Anton, Ovidiu Musat

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Review in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ciprian DanielescuDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Marius Gabriel DabijaDepartment of Surgery II, Discipline of Neurosurgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Alin Horatiu NedelcuDepartment of Morpho-Functional Sciences I, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", 700115 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0024-0237
Vasile Valeriu LupuDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", 700115 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-2640-8795
Ancuta LupuDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", 700115 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8147-3632
Ileana IoniucDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Georgiana-Emmanuela Gîlcă-BlanariuDepartment of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Vlad-Constantin DonicaDoctoral School, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Maria-Luciana AntonDoctoral School, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Ovidiu MusatDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", 020021 Bucuresti, Romania.
Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · RO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study of retinal vessels in relation to cardiovascular risk has a long history. The advent of a dedicated tool based on digital imaging, i.e., the retinal vessel analyzer, and also other software such as Integrative Vessel Analysis (IVAN), Singapore I Vessel Assessment (SIVA), and Vascular Assessment and Measurement Platform for Images of the Retina (VAMPIRE), has led to the accumulation of a formidable body of evidence regarding the prognostic value of retinal vessel analysis (RVA) for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease (including arterial hypertension in children). There is also the potential to monitor the response of retinal vessels to therapies such as physical activity or bariatric surgery. The dynamic vessel analyzer (DVA) remains a unique way of studying neurovascular coupling, helping to understand the pathogenesis of cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative conditions and also being complementary to techniques that measure macrovascular dysfunction. Beyond cardiovascular disease, retinal vessel analysis has shown associations with and prognostic value for neurological conditions, inflammation, kidney function, and respiratory disease. Artificial intelligence (AI) (represented by algorithms such as QUantitative Analysis of Retinal vessel Topology and siZe (QUARTZ), SIVA-DLS (SIVA-deep learning system), and many others) seems efficient in extracting information from fundus photographs, providing prognoses of various general conditions with unprecedented predictive value. The future challenges will be integrating RVA and other qualitative and quantitative risk factors in a unique, comprehensive prediction tool, certainly powered by AI, while building the much-needed acceptance for such an approach inside the medical community and reducing the "black box" effect, possibly by means of saliency maps.

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artificial intelligencecardiovascular riskdynamic vessel analysisneurovascular couplingretinal vessel analysis

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PMID38248746
PMCPMC10817503
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