Retinal vessel multifractals predict pial collateral status in patients with acute ischemic stroke.
Adnan KhanPatrick De BoeverNele GerritsNaveed AkhtarMaher SaqqurGeorgios PonirakisHoda GadIoannis N PetropoulosAshfaq ShuaibJames E FaberSaadat KamranRayaz A MalikPublished in: PloS one (2022)
This is the first translational study to show increased retinal vessel multifractal dimensions in patients with acute ischemic stroke and poor pial collaterals. A retinal vessel classifier was developed to differentiate between patients with poor and good pial collaterals and may allow rapid non-invasive identification of patients with poor pial collaterals.