Aim: To investigate the features of optic nerve head (ONH) microvasculature in primary open angle glaucoma using fractal geometry analysis. Patients and Method: ONH blood flow was analyzed at the level of the lamina cribrosa by means of confocal scanning laser Heidelberg Doppler flowmetry (HRF) in medically-controlled early and advanced glaucoma. Fractal dimension D of vasculature map was calculated using the Box Counting. Results: Our data demonstrated that, in patients with advanced glaucoma, fractal dimension D was significantly lower than in controls, whereas, in the early stage of disease, its value was similar. Fractal dimension D of microcirculation was significantly and negatively correlated with the cup-disk area ratio in both early and advanced glaucoma groups, whereas linear cup-disk ratio of the disk, cup shape measure and nerve fiber layer thickness, where correlated only in advanced stage of the disease. Conclusion: These findings demonstrate that fractal dimension D of ONH appeared significantly reduced in advanced glaucoma and correlated with the optic disc damage.
Fractal dimension as a new tool to analyze optic nerve head vasculature in primary open angle glaucoma / Ciancaglini, Marco; Guerra, Germano; Agnifili, Luca; Mastropasqua, Rodolfo; Fasanella, Vincenzo; Cinelli, Mariapia; Costagliola, Ciro; Ambrosone, Luigi. - In: IN VIVO. - ISSN 0258-851X. - 29:2(2015), pp. 273-279.
Fractal dimension as a new tool to analyze optic nerve head vasculature in primary open angle glaucoma
GUERRA, Germano;COSTAGLIOLA, Ciro;
2015
Abstract
Aim: To investigate the features of optic nerve head (ONH) microvasculature in primary open angle glaucoma using fractal geometry analysis. Patients and Method: ONH blood flow was analyzed at the level of the lamina cribrosa by means of confocal scanning laser Heidelberg Doppler flowmetry (HRF) in medically-controlled early and advanced glaucoma. Fractal dimension D of vasculature map was calculated using the Box Counting. Results: Our data demonstrated that, in patients with advanced glaucoma, fractal dimension D was significantly lower than in controls, whereas, in the early stage of disease, its value was similar. Fractal dimension D of microcirculation was significantly and negatively correlated with the cup-disk area ratio in both early and advanced glaucoma groups, whereas linear cup-disk ratio of the disk, cup shape measure and nerve fiber layer thickness, where correlated only in advanced stage of the disease. Conclusion: These findings demonstrate that fractal dimension D of ONH appeared significantly reduced in advanced glaucoma and correlated with the optic disc damage.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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