Retinal vascular fractal dimension is associated with cognitive dysfunction

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-50

  Cheung, Carol Yim Lui ^a,b,c   Ong, Shinyeu ^a,c   Ikram, M Kamran ^a,b,c,d   Ong, Yi Ting ^b,e   Chen, Christopher P ^f   Venketasubramanian, N ^f   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,g  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Singapore Graduate Medical School   (Singapore)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive dysfunction; fractal; imaging; retinal vasculature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; VERY ELDERLY;

COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; FRACTAL; IMAGING; RETINAL VASCULATURE;

AGED; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRACTALS; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84891794191     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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