Fractal analysis reveals reduced complexity of retinal vessels in CADASIL

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Cavallari, Michele ^a   Falco, Teresa ^a   Frontali, Marina ^b   Romano, Silvia ^a   Bagnato, Francesca ^c   Orzi, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADASIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CADASIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 79955699113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019150     Document Type: Article

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