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Título del libro: Automated Image Detection Of Retinal Pathology
Título del capítulo: Geometrical and topological analysis of vascular branches from fundus retinal images

Autores UNAM:
MARIA ELENA MARTINEZ PEREZ;
Autores externos:

Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2009
Resumen:

Fundoscopy is a routine part of the assessment of the hypertensive patient [68]. However with better levels of control of blood pressure the frequency of severe retinopathy such as that seen by Keith, Wagener, and Barker has declined markedly. Current estimates suggest that retinopathy occurs in only around 2% to 15% of the nondiabetic adult population aged 40 years and older [9-16]. Consequently the Detection of value of routine fundoscopy in hypertension has been increasingly questioned on the grounds of poor reproducibility and indifferent predictive value [17; 18]. In contrast, diabetic retinopathy remains an immense health problem and is one of the commonest causes of blindness in adults [19]. © 2010 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.


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