Ocular biomarkers of cognitive decline based on deep-learning retinal vessel segmentation.

Journal: BMC geriatrics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The current literature shows a strong relationship between retinal neuronal and vascular alterations in dementia. The purpose of the study was to use NFN+ deep learning models to analyze retinal vessel characteristics for cognitive impairment (CI) recognition.

Authors

  • Rui Li
    Department of Oncology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Beijing, China.
  • Ying Hui
    Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
  • Xiaoyue Zhang
    Ping An Healthcare Technology, Beijing, China.
  • Shun Zhang
    Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
  • Bin Lv
    Ping An Healthcare Technology, Shang Hai, PR China.
  • Yuan Ni
    IBM Research, China, Beijing, China.
  • Xiaoshuai Li
    Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
  • Xiaoliang Liang
    Department of Psychiatry, Kailuan Mental Health Centre, Hebei province, Tangshan, China.
  • Ling Yang
    Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shanghai 201203 China pwang@shutcm.edu.cn.
  • Han Lv
    Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
  • Zhiyu Yin
    Longzhen Senior Care, Beijing, China.
  • Hongyang Li
    Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, 100 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA. hyangl@umich.edu.
  • Yingping Yang
    Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
  • Guangfeng Liu
    West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China.
  • Jing Li
    Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
  • Guotong Xie
    Ping An Health Technology, Beijing, China.
  • Shouling Wu
    Department of Cardiology, Kailuan Hospital, Tangshan, China. Electronic address: drwusl@163.com.
  • Zhenchang Wang
    School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China.