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- Title
Combining functional and morphological retinal vascular characteristics achieves high-precision diagnosis of mild non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
- Authors
Zhang, Jinze; Ma, Ke; Luo, Zhongzhou; Wang, Gengyuan; Feng, Ziqing; Huang, Yuancong; Fei, Keyi; Liu, Yushuang; Xia, Honghui; Yuan, Jin; Xiao, Peng
- Abstract
Background: To explore the functional and morphological variations of retinal vessels in diabetes with no clinically detectable retinopathy (NDR) and mild non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and to establish a high-performance mild NPDR diagnostic model. Methods: Normal subjects and type 2 diabetes patients with NDR and mild NPDR were recruited. Oxygen-saturation-related functional parameter (optical density ratio ODR) and morphological characteristics (fractal dimension Df, vessel area rate VAR, mean vascular diameter Dm, vessel tortuosity τ) of different vascular areas were extracted with single fundus photography and comprehensively analyzed among groups. An interpretable model combining marine predator algorithm (MPA) and support vector machine (SVM) based on characteristic selection was proposed for mild NPDR diagnosis. Results: A total of 91 NDR subjects, 75 mild NPDR subjects, and 111 sex- and age-matched normal controls were analyzed. Increased main vessels ODR, while lower VAR of all areas except outer ring macula, lower Dm of all vessels and decreased τ of all areas were associate with NDR (e.g. main vessels ODR: OR [95%CI] 1.42[1.07–1.89], full macula τ:0.53[0.38–0.74]). Increased ODR of all areas, higher Dm of all areas except inner ring macula, increased inner ring macula τ, while decreased Df of full and inner ring macula, lower VAR of all areas were associate with mild NPDR (e.g. main vessels ODR:5.68[3.03–10.65], inner ring macula VAR: 0.48[0.33–0.69]). The MPA-SVM model with selected characteristics obtained the best diagnosis performance (AUC:0.940 ± 0.014; Accuracy:90.4 ± 3.9%; Sensitivity:89.2 ± 6.4%; Specificity:91.3 ± 6.4%). Conclusions: More significant retinal vascular variations are associate with the incidence of mild NPDR than NDR. High-precision mild NPDR diagnosis is achieved combining the morphological and functional vascular characteristics based on characteristic selection.
- Subjects
TYPE 2 diabetes; SUPPORT vector machines; RETINAL blood vessels; FRACTAL dimensions; OPACITY (Optics); DIABETIC retinopathy
- Publication
Journal of Translational Medicine, 2024, Vol 22, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1479-5876
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12967-024-05597-7