The application of retinal fundus camera imaging in dementia: A systematic review

Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages 91-107

  McGrory, Sarah ^a   Cameron, James R ^a   Pellegrini, Enrico ^a   Warren, Claire ^a   Doubal, Fergus N ^a   Deary, Ian J ^b   Dhillon, Baljean ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a,b,c   Trucco, Emanuele ^d   MacGillivray, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE)   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Fundus; Retinal imaging; Retinal vasculature

Indexed keywords

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FUNDUS CAMERA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 85012237179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dadm.2016.11.001     Document Type: Review

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