An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Assess Spatial Patterns of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Maps in Glaucoma.

Journal: Translational vision science & technology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to classify the spatial patterns of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) and assess their associations with visual field (VF) loss in glaucoma.

Authors

  • Mengyu Wang
    Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Lucy Q Shen
    Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Louis R Pasquale
    Eye and Vision Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Hui Wang
    Department of Vascular Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
  • Dian Li
    Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Eun Young Choi
    Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Siamak Yousefi
    Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
  • Peter J Bex
    Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Tobias Elze
    Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Complex Structures in Biology and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: tobias-elze@tobias-elze.de.