The role of Perifoveal Arteriolar Tortuosity in Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) images as an early indicator of hypertensive retinopathy.

James Park Charu Vyas Onur İnam Henry W Zhou Zachary E Snow Rabia Karani Dvir Koenigstein Tongalp H Tezel

Published in: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie (2024)

OCTA-based perifoveal retinal arteriolar tortuosity may be a potential reliable biomarker with certain advantages for detecting early hypertensive retinopathy than morphological changes used for the Scheie classification. This may have broad applications and establish important parameters in utilizing OCTA for screening protocols, considering the importance of early detection of systemic hypertension.

Keyphrases

arterial hypertension
blood pressure
deep learning
optical coherence tomography
machine learning
diabetic retinopathy
convolutional neural network
optic nerve
risk assessment